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Charge of Sexual Assault withdrawn prior to setting date for trial, Kingston. N.C. was charged with one count of sexual assault out of Kingston courthouse. N.C. invited some friends over to his house. After some drinking and watching movies, N.C. ended up having a sexual intercourse with one of the attending friends. Later that night, the friend made a complaint that sexual intercourse was not consensual, and that N.C. had forced himself on her. N.C. retained Mariya Protsenko, Neuberger & Partners LLP, Criminal Lawyers Toronto, to represent him the Sex Assault charge. Mariya spoke to the client and carefully reviewed two statements of the complainant, two witness statements and other evidence provided to the defence. Defence interviews were conducted to determine what was observed of the two parties that night. Mariya conducted several pre-trials with the Crown and provided a memo on material discrepancies in the statements of the complainant and witnesses as well as internal inconsistencies. The Crown Attorney agreed that she had a weak case for a reasonable prospect of conviction. N.C entered into a peace bond and the charge of Sexual Assault was withdrawn.