“Knees together” judge Robin Camp announced his resignation after the Canadian Judicial Council recommended he be removed from the bench. The council’s decision supported a recommendation in November by a disciplinary panel that was reviewing the original sexual assault trial of Alexander Wagar. OTTAWA—A judge who asked a sexual assault complainant in a trial why she couldn’t keep her knees together quit Thursday after a scathing rebuke from the body that oversees the Canadian judiciary. On Wednesday, the House of Commons unanimously agreed to fast-track a bill introduced by interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose requiring would-be judges to take courses in sexual assault law. Camp’s case came up last week in another sexual assault trial in Halifax, in which the judge acquitted a taxi driver charged with sexually assaulting an intoxicated young woman in his cab.

Source: thestar March 09, 2017 19:05 UTC