The defendant was charged with robbery and wearing a disguise with intent to commit an offence following an armed robbery at a pharmacy.
The Crown's case relied primarily on a fingerprint found on a garbage bag left at the scene and surveillance photographs.
The defence argued that the fingerprint only proved contact with the bag at some unspecified time, not participation in the robbery.
The court found that while the defendant's fingerprint was on the bag, the timing of when it was deposited could not be established.
The surveillance photographs, when compared to the defendant's arrest photograph, could only establish that he could not be excluded as a suspect.
The court concluded that guilt was not the only reasonable inference from the circumstantial evidence and acquitted the defendant.
