A sexual assault charge against former Member of Parliament, Romeo Saganash, was stayed earlier this week. The charge against the Cree lawyer, who had represented the Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou riding in northern Quebec from 2011 to 2019, was stayed in by a Manitoba court judge Tuesday. Saganash had been arrested June 7, 2023 by Winnipeg police when allegations the former NDP MP sexually touched a woman at a meeting on May 1, 2023 surfaced.The sex assault charge was referred to the provincial justice department’s restorative justice programming last October. On Tuesday, May 23rd, Crown prosecutor Bruce Sychuk asked provincial court Judge Rob Finlayson to stay the charge. He asked the judge to order a one-year peace bond barring contact and communication with the complainant, Carmen Roy. The request came as a result…
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