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.
David Lametti's decision says there was a reasonable basis to conclude a miscarriage of justice occurred in the case of Glen Assoun.
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."
He has been out on bail since November 2014, based on a preliminary assessment that determined he may have been wrongfully convicted.Her body was found with multiple stab wounds, her top had been pulled up and her throat was slashed.
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