Manslaughter conviction set aside due to delay caused by Crown, Supreme Court says

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it set aside a man’s manslaughter and firearm convictions because of an unwarranted delay in his trial caused by the Crown.

In reasons released today for a decision made from the bench last month, the top court says the net delay of about 35 months violated Dia ‘Eddin Hanan’s Charter right to be tried within a reasonable time.

Hanan was charged in the shooting of two people in December 2015. 

His jury trial was slated to begin in Windsor, Ont., in November 2018 but didn’t get underway until October of the next year.