A decades-old rape case involving a then 12-year-old girl has resulted in a criminal conviction, 20 years after Ottawa police classified her allegations as unfounded. - Blair Crew, victim's lawyerLance's name has been added to the sex offender registry. Lawyer Blair Crew represented a woman whose sexual assault case was re-opened decades after she was raped at age 12. An Ottawa man who raped a 12-year-old girl two decades ago was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. That vindication, coupled with the Globe's February 2017 reporting on unfounded sexual assaults in Canada, prompted the victim to ask Ottawa police to reopen her case, Crew said.

Source: CBC News September 21, 2018 16:52 UTC