Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction, affirms refusal of evidence

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Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction, affirms refusal of evidence
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The Supreme Court of Canada says a man found guilty of sexually assaulting his long-time partner was not entitled to present evidence about sexual activity they engaged in shortly before the offence.

The man, identified only as T.W.W., was convicted after the trial judge refused to allow evidence of the earlier encounter.

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