Crown drops charge against former N.W.T. deputy minister

Posted: Jan 13, 2021 6:41 PM CT | Last Updated: January 14
In N.W.T. territorial court on Wednesday, the prosecutor stayed a charge of aggravated assault against former deputy minister of lands for the N.W.T. government, Willard Hagen.(Walter Strong/CBC)
A charge of aggravated assault against a former deputy minister of the N.W.T. government has been dropped.
Willard Hagen was accused of stabbing a man in Yellowknife last February. Hagen pleaded not guilty to the charge.
His preliminary inquiry was to begin in Yellowknife Wednesday morning. But at the start of the appearance, the prosecutor in the case announced the Crown was staying the charge.

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