Raymond Boggs

A telephone conference call was held to address outstanding costs from a 2019 expropriation decision.

The parties had not yet resolved the costs issue.

The Tribunal ordered the claimant to respond to the region's request for further information by August 31, 2023, and directed the parties to advise by September 29, 2023, if they require adjudication of the costs dispute.

The parties were also encouraged to consider mediation.

The accused was tried on two counts of sexual assault involving his niece in a shared family household.

The central issue was whether the complainant's evidence, though accepted as sincere and forthright, established the charges beyond a reasonable doubt in light of reliability concerns, the physical context of the alleged incidents, uncertainty surrounding deleted app messages, and the accused's police statement and apology letter.

The court held this was not a repressed-memory case, but found the surrounding circumstances and internal inconsistencies left a reasonable doubt on both counts.

Both charges were dismissed.