Canada’s highest court ruled Wednesday the murder case of Sivaloganathan Thanabalasingham should be sent back to the Quebec Court of Appeal. Canada’s highest court ruled Wednesday Thanabalasingham’s case should be sent back to the Quebec Court of Appeal for a judgment on whether the trial judge erred in staying a murder charge against him. The Supreme Court’s 2016 Jordan ruling set a 30-month limit between the laying of charges and a trial for Superior Court cases. The Crown appealed the stay, but he was deported in July 2017 before the appeal could be heard. Article Continued BelowQuebec’s appellate court subsequently rejected the Crown’s appeal, declaring that in Thanabalasingham’s absence his prosecution had become irrelevant and theoretical.

Source: thestar April 17, 2019 20:37 UTC