Canada hockey players acquitted in sexual assault case

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Five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team were acquitted of all charges Thursday in a sexual assault trial in London, Ontario.

Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia of the Ontario Court of Justice said she didn’t find the complainant’s evidence ‘credible or reliable.’

‘I cannot rely upon the evidence of (the accuser) and then considering the evidence in this trial as a whole, I conclude that the Crown cannot meet its onus on any of the counts before me,’ Carroccia said.

Carter Hart, Cal Foote, Dillon Dube, Alex Formenton and Michael McLeod were charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident in a London hotel in June 2018. McLeod also faced a second charge of being party to the offense. He was found not…