CBC News: Crown questions detective who led 1st investigation that ended with no charges against ex-world junior players

Brandon Trask, an associate professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of law, is writing a book about Crown policies and prosecutions.

Speaking from Winnipeg, Trask says he’s curious to find out why the Crown called now-retired London police sergeant Stephen Newton to testify. Newton was the lead investigator in the original case, which he eventually closed.

Newton’s value may be the Crown’s ability to play the recorded interviews he conducted with several of the defendants in November 2018, Trask said.

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