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Sex Assault Charges Dismissed following four-day Superior Court trial, Toronto. The accused was charged with Sexual Interference, Sexual Assault, and Forcible Confinement. The charges all related to one Complainant who was 8 years old at the time of the allegation. The complainant and her mother were visiting relatives where the accused also resided. While not relatives, the parties were known to each other and had interacted together at other events and family gatherings. The offences were alleged to have occurred in the accused’s bedroom at the residence during a family event which was taking place downstairs at the time. The complainant testified that the accused touched her in a sexual manner including “French Kissing”, prevented her from leaving his bedroom, and touched her genitals. C.L. retained Michael Bury of Neuberger & Partners LLP, Toronto Criminal Lawyers, to represent him. Following a contested trial which included an extensive cross-examination of the complainant, the trial judge found the accused not guilty on the basis that the Crown had not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt despite both purported physical evidence and evidence of the Crown witnesses including both the complainant and her mother.