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Originally Posted by rage2
It doesn’t. From my understanding the crown can lay charges, it’s rare, and in cases where there’s police conflict of interest, incompetence, etc.
But in the context of this case it was the London police laying charges. Yet it was the London police investigator that claims it’s up to the accuser if she wants to lay charges, which was strange. I guess at the end of the day cops in Canada are allowed to lie so maybe it’s just that.
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My understanding is that the police need to put together a case, present it to the Crown, and then the Crown ultimately decides if there is enough to warrant charges. It's not a super high bar to meet, but there has to be enough. As also mentioned, in Ontario they won't subpoena an alleged sexual assault victim to testify against their will. The accuser indicated at first that she did not want to participate to the point of laying charges, so I assume the detective wasn't in full on case building because it would probably be difficult to get the Crown to approve charges under those circumstances. Just a guess, but it all sounded pretty hokey. She wanted the police to talk to them, but not go ahead with charges. Then she did want charges, and then she didn't, and then she did again. Maybe the detective did drop the ball, I don't actually know.
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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Crown may bring a “new witness” tomorrow. Very curious.
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My guess is Maxime Comtois is back in Canada. His season in Russia just wrapped up a few days ago. They probably couldn't subpoena him while he was in Russia.