The accused was charged with multiple offences, including robbery and break and enter, following a home invasion where the victims were sprayed with bear mace.
The Crown's case relied entirely on circumstantial evidence, specifically the accused's DNA found on a bear spray canister located outside the residence.
The court found that the forensic evidence could not establish how or when the DNA was deposited on the canister, nor could it definitively link the exterior canister to the substance used inside the home.
Concluding that the circumstantial evidence did not lead to the sole reasonable inference of guilt, the court acquitted the accused on all counts.
