The Supreme Court agreed the Ontario man's delay was unreasonable and endorsed a lower court's stay of proceedings. Provincial court trials should be completed with 18 months of charges being laid, but can be extended to 30 months if there is a preliminary inquiry. On Friday the top court released its decisions in two cases where the accused waited years to be tried. The decision to stay the Jordan case was unanimous. Superior Court cases will now have up to 30 months to be completed.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2016 13:35 UTC