London police detective told accused in Hockey Canada trial he had no plans to charge him in 2018
- Retired London police sergeant Stephen Newton said in a November 2018 interview he had no plans to charge Michael McLeod over an alleged sexual assault at a London hotel.
- Newton began investigating a sexual assault claim from June 19, 2018, but concluded by February 2019 that he lacked grounds to lay charges due to insufficient evidence.
- The trial involves five accused 2018 world junior hockey team members charged with sexual assault who all plea not guilty, with video evidence of consensual acts presented in court.
- Former player Brett Howden, not accused of wrongdoing, testified about suffering a traumatic NHL game head injury in March 2022 that complicated his memory during trial testimony.
- The case’s complexity and continued trial suggest ongoing challenges in proving sexual assault charges from 2018, with proceedings expected to continue and Newton remaining a Crown witness.
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‘Awkward and weird’: Hockey Canada trial sees players’ video interviews from 2018 London police investigation
Michael McLeod told police in a 2018 interview that he recorded the complainant giving consent because “it was a weird situation that I wasn’t expecting was going to happen with
·Toronto, Canada
Read Full ArticleJunior Hockey: A Meeting Between McLeod and a Policeman Revealed at Trial - Canada English
One of the five hockey players accused of sexual assault did not tell the police, during an interrogation in 2018, that he had sent a text message to his teammates asking them if one of them wanted a three-way plan in his hotel room after having had sex with a woman met in a bar earlier in the evening, learned the court on Tuesday. Michael McLeod spoke to the chief investigator of the case at the time, investigator Steve Newton, in November 2018…
·Richelieu, Canada
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