By Canadian Press

NewsAlert: Mistrial in N.L. cop’s sex assault trial

Sep 25, 2020 | 8:51 AM

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault trial of a Newfoundland and Labrador police officer.

Const. Carl Douglas Snelgrove of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was facing his second trial on a charge of sexual assaulting a woman he had driven home in his police vehicle.

The jury had begun deliberating Thursday.

More coming.

The Canadian Press