A Nunavut judge found former Igloolik mayor Merlyn Recinos not guilty of sexual assault in a verdict handed down Friday. (File photo)
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Crown failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that sexual encounter was not consensual, judge says
A Nunavut judge has ruled former Igloolik mayor Merlyn Recinos is not guilty of sexual assault. Justice Christian Lyons delivered his verdict Friday morning in Igloolik.
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ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᑲᑕᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᓂᒃ
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