BREAKING: Major Breakthrough in the 2018 Canadian Junior Scandal
The 2018 World Junior tournament has now become synonymous with the scandal involving five Team Canada Players, and it's been a hot story in hockey ever since, with another major update released on Wednesday.
Five players major request officially granted
After many updates in recent times, with the five players to officially go to trial, it was confirmed on Wednesday that their request of a trial by jury was accepted.
Five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team who have been charged with s*** a*** will have a trial by jury, The Globe and Mail reports.
The players, whose request for a jury trial was granted Tuesday, will be tried together as a group.
It will be several months at least before a trial date is scheduled.
«Earlier this week, all five players selected a trial by jury and they are confident that jurors drawn from the community will decide this case fairly and impartially after hearing all the evidence and testimony,» lawyers representing the accused players wrote Globe journalist Robyn Doolittle in a joint statement.
via @robyndoolittle
The players, whose request for a jury trial was granted Tuesday, will be tried together as a group.
It will be several months at least before a trial date is scheduled.
«Earlier this week, all five players selected a trial by jury and they are confident that jurors drawn from the community will decide this case fairly and impartially after hearing all the evidence and testimony,» lawyers representing the accused players wrote Globe journalist Robyn Doolittle in a joint statement.
via @robyndoolittle
It will likely be a long time before this officially goes to trial, but we will continue to keep you updated as the five players will learn their fate from the 2018 scandal that has rocked Hockey Canada and the hockey world.
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