The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal this morning from a B.C. man who was wrongfully convicted.
Ivan Henry spent 27 years behind bars after being found guilty of three counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape and five counts of indecent assault on eight Vancouver women.
He was released four years ago in 2010 after the B.C. Court of Appeal found the judge in Henry’s original trial made several mistakes.
WATCH (above): Ivan Henry was locked up for 27 years for crimes he did not commit. Today, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled he has the right to argue for compensation. Rumina Daya reports.
Henry filed civil lawsuits in 2011 against the City of Vancouver, members of the police department as well as the provincial and federal attorneys general.
He hasn’t received any compensation since his release, but that could soon change. The Supreme Court decided he could sue for compensation in May of this year.
Today, his lawyers will be seeking damages for the now 67-year-old.
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