BC Judge Finds Delays in Child Sex Assault Case Went Beyond Trial ‘Ceiling’

BC Judge Finds Delays in Child Sex Assault Case Went Beyond Trial ‘Ceiling’
The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured at sunset in Ottawa on Dec. 13, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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A British Columbia judge says trial delays for a man accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl went beyond a “ceiling” set by the Supreme Court of Canada as he stayed the case more than two years after charges were laid.

Provincial court Judge Mayland McKimm says in a decision released in May that the man was accused of sexually assaulting the child at his family home when she and her mother attended a “pre-Christmas festive meal” in December 2021.