A Winnipeg firefighter and martial arts instructor has been acquitted on historical sexual assault charges stemming from alleged assaults on a woman who said he started to touch her inappropriately when she was just 12 years old. The same could be said with respect to the accused," McKelvey said. Manuel Ruiz was cleared in a separate sexual assault case last October. (Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench)A second sexual assault charge stemming from incidents during 1998-2002 also didn't meet the conviction threshold, McKelvey ruled. Last October, Ruiz was cleared in a separate sexual assault case after the Crown conceded it hadn't proved its case.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2021 20:48 UTC