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Recovered-memory evidence left reasonable doubt on a historic sexual interference charge.
The accused was tried on a charge of sexual interference arising from historic allegations based largely on the complainant's later-recalled memories of events said to have occurred when she was under sixteen.
The court found that the complainant did not present as fabricated or deliberately false, but held that the reliability of the recovered recollections was a real issue in the absence of contemporaneous corroboration.
Applying the framework in W. (D.), the court concluded that the accused's denial could reasonably be true and that the Crown had not proven guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The accused was acquitted.
