Ontario Man Facing Drug Trafficking Charges Has Trial Stayed Due to Crown Delays

Ontario Man Facing Drug Trafficking Charges Has Trial Stayed Due to Crown Delays
The Ontario Superior Court building in Toronto in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Colin Perkel
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An Ontario court has stayed the charges against a Mississauga man who was allegedly found with 8 kilograms of cocaine and 400 oxycodone pills, saying Crown delays have caused the case to take too long to get to trial.

The accused, Christopher Vaughan, applied for a stay of proceedings, after the case came close to the 30-month ceiling for trials. Vaughan said his rights to a trial without an unreasonable delay were being violated.