A Nova Scotia judge has stayed a sexual assault charge against a former St. Francis Xavier University lecturer after significant delays by RCMP in sending evidence for forensic analysis. Murray said that length of time violates the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that such trials must be completed within 30 months. "The accused has been responding to this prosecution since March 2014, as has the complainant and other participants. "Considerable efforts were made on behalf of Mr. Foroughi-Mobarakeh to obtain full and complete disclosure," wrote Murray. Crown attorney Bill Gorman acknowledged then that "the police were at fault for the delay, which ultimately falls at the feet of the Crown," Murray wrote.

Source: CBC News April 21, 2017 13:33 UTC