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LONDON, ONT.– Justice Maria Carroccia has rejected the Crown’s final attempt to have Brett Howden's June 26, 2018, text message to former teammate Taylor Raddysh admitted as evidence under the principled approach to hearsay at the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team.

Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham had argued with defence counsel for several days over the admissibility of a text message sent by Howden to Raddysh roughly a week after an alleged sexual assault at........

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