Complaint filed after comments by B.C. judge hearing sexual assault trial
VANCOUVER — Comments attributed to a British Columbia judge about the number of days that should be allotted to hear a sexual assault case have led to a complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council, the province’s attorney general said Thursday.
Charges in the case were stayed by the Crown on Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops.
Attorney General Suzanne Anton did not say who filed the complaint against Justice Peter Leask.
“I understand that the comments, ill-considered as they appear to be, did not impact on the outcome of this case,” Anton said in a statement to The Canadian Press.