By Arty Sarkisian, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A Nunavut judge revoked a court-ordered ban on identifying a man facing sexual assault charges but imposed another ban that doesn’t yet allow the man’s name to be published. “It’s a unique case,” Justice Christian Lyons said Tuesday, comparing it to a “law school exam.” The man faces charges under the Criminal Code as well as charges under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, related to allegations from before he was 18. The act prohibits media from publishing his name or any identifying details related to the allegations from his youth. On April 11, Justice of the Peace Amanda Soper extended that ban to the adult charges after hearing an oral request from the man’s lawyer, Alan Regel. That ban prevented Nunatsiaq…
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