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The finding of a report on Rehtaeh Parsons’ case has revealed that a Crown attorney’s “misunderstanding of the law” impeded a police investigation into the alleged rape of Rehtaeh Parsons. The 157-page report publishedon Thursday by former chief prosecutor of Ontario, Murray Segal, highlighted that “human error” on part of the crown attorney made it difficult for any possible early charges in the case of the bullied Nova Scotia teen who died after attempting suicide in 2013.
The report largely cleared the province’s criminal justice system of larger systemic problems. Mr. Segal’s report explained that the errors were “made in good faith,” and “it was human error. It was not an error of sloth of someone with an agenda … someone got it wrong.” The Nova Scotian criminal justice system was bitterly criticized by the international community after the perceived lack of willingness to investigate came to light in Ms. Parsons’ case.
Furthermore, the report also reiterated several facts about the incident. It disclosed that the incident was triggered back in November, 2011, when a photo of the 15-year-old Ms. Parsons was circulated among her school fellows via Blackberry Messenger and other electronic means. The image showed Ms. Parsons vomiting during a non-consensual sex act. After the incident was reported, RCMP Constable Kim Murphy conducted an initial interview and handed over the case to Detective Constable Patricia Snair of the Halifax police’s Sexual Assault Investigation Unit (SAIT), who immediately identified possible child pornography and sexual assault offences.
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