Law360 Canada ( October 7, 2025, 9:42 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the Crown from acquittal for sexual assault. Appeal by respondent from his conviction for assault. The trial judge found beyond a reasonable doubt that the respondent committed the sexual assault. The trial judge had a reasonable doubt about whether the sexual assault occurred between roughly 10:00 and 11:00 p.m., which was the response the complainant gave when asked in cross-examination roughly when she thought she was sexually assaulted. The respondent later led what the trial judge construed to be an alibi defence, claiming he left the complainant and his home just prior to 10:00 p.m. The trial judge concluded, based on his reading of the law, that he had to acquit because the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the sexual assault happened in that one-hour window of time. The Crown argued that the trial judge erred by concluding that the Crown was required to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the sexual assault occurred between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. The respondent maintained that the assault conviction constituted an unreasonable verdict because it was inconsistent with the acquittal on the sexual assault charge....