The man charged last year in the 1996 sexual assault of a New Westminster grandmother has died while awaiting trial at a pretrial centre, New Westminster police announced Wednesday. Last week, the NWPD received notification that Mr. Gray had died while in custody at a pretrial centre, said a statement released by police. Coroners Service said it is still in the early stages of investigating the death and has yet to release any information on how Gray died. "It is unfortunate that Mr. Gray will not face these matters in a court of law," said Sgt. The break in the case came in March of 2016, when police found a DNA link between a suspect from 1996 and a recent break and enter in Coquitlam, leading to the arrest of Gray.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2018 17:03 UTC