“We’re really pleased that the Court of Appeal came to this decision, and came to it unanimously,” said Howard Rubel, Spanton’s Toronto-based lawyer. “It feels like a major victory.”The high-profile case of an Ontario woman who alleges she was gang-raped by Paris officers inside police headquarters will proceed to trial, after the French Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss the case. However, weeks later, a panel of French judges ruled to dismiss the case, finding there was insufficient evidence against the officers to merit a trial. French newspaper Le Figaro reported that the text was deleted on the sender’s phone but found on the recipient’s. She plans to attend the trial and testify, saying she already feels validated by Court of Appeal decision.

Source: thestar September 28, 2017 20:35 UTC