David Lametti’s decision says there is a reasonable basis to conclude there was a miscarriage of justice in the case of Glen Assoun
Glen Assoun, jailed for over 16 years for the knife murder of his ex-girlfriend in a Halifax parking lot, is seen at his daughter's residence in Dartmouth, N.S. on Feb. 28, 2019.The federal justice minister has quashed a murder conviction and directed a new trial for a Halifax-area man who was jailed for almost 17 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend.
It also says a federal inquiry showed that “relevant and reliable information” was never provided to Assoun during his trial in 1999.Assoun was convicted by a jury of killing Brenda LeAnne Way, whose body was found in a Halifax-area parking lot on Nov. 12, 1995. Kirk Makin, co-president of the Innocence Canada legal group, said Lametti’s decision represents the “next development in what we believe is an egregious wrongful conviction case.”
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