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Crown Didn't Give Wrongly Imprisoned B.C. Man Info On Another Suspect: Trial

The Canadian Press, 08 Dec, 2015 12:39 PM
    VANCOUVER — A man imprisoned for nearly three decades on wrongful sexual assault convictions didn't have crucial details about another suspect who lived across the street, a British Columbia court has heard.
     
    Ivan Henry's lawyer has said in closing arguments that the Crown failed to disclose information about other suspects that would have been powerful to his defence in a 1983 trial.
     
    Marilyn Sandford says the jury heard Henry lived "in the heart" of where the sexual assaults occurred, but didn't hear another suspect had actually lived on the block for longer.
     
    She says that while police moved away from the other suspect as they pursued their "tainted" investigation of Henry, the man was not eliminated through forensic evidence.
     
    Henry was acquitted by the B.C. Court of Appeal in 2010 on 10 counts of sexual assault involving eight women and is suing the province for compensation.
     
    The federal government and the City of Vancouver recently settled with Henry, leaving B.C. as the only remaining defendant.

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