"This is not the way criminal charges are expected to end," Judge Julie Lloyd said in a written decision issued last week. All of the names are protected by a publication ban under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The brothers are identified in the written decision by their initials, PAW and PLW. The written decision states that Goodwin filed a charter notice arguing that PAW's constitutional right to be tried within a reasonable time frame had been violated. Judge Julie Lloyd has stayed a sex assault charge against an Edmonton teenager, citing "unreasonable delay."

Source: CBC News August 07, 2020 16:30 UTC