The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexual assault after he learned his defence lawyer's paralegal was dating the Crown prosecutor during his trial. Justice Veronica Jackson ruled last week in Courtenay, B.C.
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexual assault after he learned his defence lawyer's paralegal was dating the Crown prosecutor during his trial.
Gagne was found guilty of sexual assault by a jury in November 2023, and the judge's ruling said that at a hearing last March, Chesterley disclosed that he knew his paralegal had been dating the prosecutor, telling the court the relationship was not"entirely unknown" to him.
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