A teenager charged in connection with a March homicide and weapons offences in Fort Smith made a short appearance in NWT Youth Court on Monday.
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RCMP had the evidence – drugs and $50,000 in cash – but no case. The suspect’s Charter rights were breached, the defence said, and the Crown pulled all charges.
Former associates were told they must wait before seeing any money from Liang Chen, an ex-immigration consultant who appears to owe some $625,000 to creditors.
An accused impaired driver was acquitted in NWT Territorial Court after the Crown prosecutor fell for a trap set by an Edmonton defence lawyer.
An NWT jury trial supposed to start on Monday was cancelled after a Covid-19 infection in the defence lawyer’s family stopped him travelling from Edmonton.
The lawyers said the accused's Indigenous heritage was a factor in his drugs case. The accused himself said it wasn't. Untangling the case required two judges.
