MONTREAL — Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest will be released from prison as he appeals his sexual-assault convictions. Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Martin Vauclair authorized his release today. Charest is appealing the guilty verdicts as well as the 12-year sentence he received in December 2017. In arguing for his release, Charest said there had been a significant change in his situation after the Crown conceded that, for a variety of reasons, 20 of the 37 guilty verdicts cannot stand. Vauclair concluded Charest presents no risk, but he imposed a number of conditions on his release.

Source: National Post March 25, 2019 21:22 UTC