Crown will appeal acquittal of alleged drunk driver
Crown attorneys in Newfoundland and Labrador will appeal court decisions that led to the acquittal of a man accused of drunk driving causing death.
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Posted: Feb 10, 2021 4:13 PM NT | Last Updated: February 10
Nicholas Villeneuve leaves a courtroom in Gander s provincial court after being acquitted earlier this month. (Garrett Barry/CBC)
Crown attorneys will appeal the court decisions that led to the acquittal of an accused drunk driver in central Newfoundland.
Lloyd Strickland, Newfoundland and Labrador s director of public prosecutions, said in a media release Wednesday that Crown lawyers had identified legal errors in pre-trial decisions that constrained the prosecution s case against Nicholas Villeneuve.
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A 31-year-old man from Pool’s Island has been charged following an investigation into online child exploitation.
An investigation by the RCMP and RNC’s Integrated Internet Child Exploitation Team culminated in the arrest of Bradley Janes on November 23.
It’s alleged that he committed offences between September 30, 2019, and January 19 of this year.
Janes was charged with four counts of transmitting child pornography and two counts of accessing child pornography.
He was released on a number of conditions and is due to appear in Provincial Court in Gander on February 16.