Posted: Mar 09, 2021 12:12 PM AT | Last Updated: March 9
James Michael Snow was acquitted Tuesday in Dartmouth provincial court of sex charges involving a child.(Robert Short/CBC)
A 59-year-old convicted sex offender from Halifax has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a child.
James Michael Snow was accused of assaulting the child over a three-year period, and faced charges of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching.
But in a Nova Scotia provincial court appearance in Dartmouth that lasted less than 90 seconds Tuesday morning, Judge Frank Hoskins said the Crown had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Hoskins said he will release full reasons for his decision by mid-May.