The accused was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference of his young daughter.
The Crown's case relied primarily on the child's unusual utterances and the accused's five-hour police statement.
The court found the accused's statement to police was involuntary and wholly unreliable, obtained through a combination of oppressive circumstances, impermissible inducements, and quid pro quos.
The accused, who suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder, was particularly vulnerable to the Reid technique interrogation employed by police.
The court found a reasonable doubt as to guilt and acquitted the accused.
