Posted: Dec 16, 2020 2:21 PM AT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
This woman, whom CBC interviewed in 2019, testified she was sexually assaulted by Jordan Ellis.(Dave Laughlin/CBC)
Nova Scotia's highest court has refused to reinstate a sexual assault charge against a man whose case took too long to make its way through the system.
Jordan Michael Ellis, 34, was charged on May 30, 2017. A woman alleged he raped her when he took her to a remote country road in Annapolis County.
Tufts applied the standard set by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Jordan case, a ruling that said matters in provincial court must be resolved within 18 months. Since the charge against Ellis went far beyond the time limit, Tufts entered a stay of proceedings.