Crown prosecutors have declined to lay charges in a downtown Winnipeg homicide, saying it was committed in self-defence. Cadets on a mid-morning patrol were flagged down for a disturbance, police said. Police said a senior prosecutor who reviewed the case declined to lay charges. "It was deemed that what would otherwise be an unlawful act was committed to defend himself, which was considered reasonable under the circumstances," police said in a statement Friday. Crown attorneys will decline to fight a case in court if there's no reasonable likelihood of conviction or the prosecution is not in the public interest.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2021 22:46 UTC