A youth was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a dangerous weapon arising from stabbings that occurred outside a banquet hall during a party.
The Crown relied primarily on eyewitness identification evidence, including an in-dock identification by one victim.
The defence challenged the reliability of the identification evidence, citing cross-racial identification, brief observation time, and improper police identification procedures.
The court found the Crown had not proven guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and acquitted the accused on all charges.
