An Ontario court judge has thrown out firearm charges against a man in Oshawa over trial delays, in the latest case to fall apart amid post-pandemic challenges being faced by the province’s justice system.
In a ruling delivered late last month, Justice Mary Teresa Devlin found that the accused’s Charter rights had been violated due to a more than 21-month delay in judicial proceedings.
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Emily Ager says she knew the Ontario justice system was broken, but “I didn’t think it was shattered.”
After yet another serious criminal case collapsed over the chronic judge shortage in Toronto court, observers in every corner of the legal system