Supreme Court will hear crown appeal of MacIntosh case
By Greg MacLean. Last updated: 2012-06-28 11:08:42
THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND HAS AGREED TO HEAR THE CROWN'S APPEAL OF THE ERNEST FENWICK MACINTOSH SEX CHARGES CASE.
THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA WAS ASKED TO INTERVENE AFTER THE NOVA SCOTIA APPEALS COURT OVERTURNED 17 CONVICTIONS ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDED INDECENT ASSAULT AND GROSS INDECENCY INVOLVING HALF-A-DOZEN BOYS. THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE FORMER PORT HAWKESBURY BUSINESSMAN WERE MADE IN 1995, WHEN HE WAS IN INDIA. HE DIDN'T STAND TRIAL UNTIL 2010, WHICH THE APPEALS COURT RULED WAS TOO LONG, AND INFRINGED ON MACINTOSH'S RIGHT TO BE TRIED WITH A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THERE'S NO WORD YET ON WHEN THE HIGH COURT JUDGES WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS.
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