Dismissal of all charges in Boyle criminal trial included numerous ‘first-time-in-Canada rulings’

By Christopher Guly ( December 23, 2019, 4:13 PM EST) -- The latest chapter in the extraordinary story of former hostages Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman ended in an Ottawa courtroom when a  judge dismissed all 19 charges 36-year-old Boyle faced — mainly in relation to his 33-year-old, now-estranged wife, Coleman — after outlining the scope of the so-called Ghomeshi rules during the proceedings in what is believed to be the first such pronouncement from the bench since the Criminal Code was amended last year to require reverse disclosure in sexual assault cases.  ...
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