London police detective told accused in Hockey Canada trial he had no plans to charge him in 2018

The now-retired London police sergeant who lead the initial investigation into an alleged sexual assault by members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team began his interview with one of the accused players by saying that he did not believe he had grounds to lay charges for a sexual assault.Retired police sergeant Stephen Newton was called as a Crown witness after the morning break on Tuesday at the players’ criminal trial in a London, Ont.