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'A strange turn of events saw the Crown stay a sexual assault charge following four days of trial and after the accused man had waited 26 months in custody for a judge and jury to hear his case.
James Ferris, 36, walked out of Superior Court a free man yesterday when the prosecutor told Justice Kim Carpenter-Gunn the Crown had re-evaluated its case in light of new developments and no longer believed there was a reasonable prospect of obtaining a conviction.
The rape trial went off the rails earlier yesterday when Ferris's lawyer, Peter Boushy, told the judge what he'd learned from a colleague in the legal community about the 27-year-old female complainant.'
