The trial of a Sault Ste. Marie high school teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student came to an abrupt end this week.
Issues of credibility and reliability have arisen and "the Crown can no longer prove these offences beyond a reasonable doubt," he said in a statement he read into the record.SooToday has decided not to name the accused at this time because the charge was dismissed. He told the court about three incidents, where he said the woman had asked him to meet her in the parking lot of a Great Northern Road hotel and to come to her car when he arrived.
During cross-examination by defence lawyer Saman Wickramasinghe on Tuesday, the young man was asked additional questions. "Either short-circuit the trial or waste more time and public resources to prove" a complainant lied, he said in an email.The Toronto lawyer charges that the complainant lied to the court, and his untruthfulness increased when he was questioned about the messages and data the police had extracted from his cell phone.