WINNIPEG- A judge has found the head of the John Howard Society in Manitoba not guilty of sexually assaulting a young girl.
The 12-year-old had testified in a Winnipeg courtroom that John Hutton touched her inappropriately from 2009 to 2012.
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Hutton took the stand in his own defence and said the allegations were not true.
Hutton says he is now looking forward to moving on and getting back to work.
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