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Criminal charges against former Calgary Olympian stayed over ‘unreasonable delays’

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Yet another criminal case has been thrown out in Calgary over “unreasonable delays.”

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Alberta Justice has confirmed a stay of proceedings has been entered in the case of Kenneth Leblanc, originally charged with extortion in 2013.

His defence had filed a “Jordan application.”

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A Supreme Court of Canada ruling earlier this year set new rules for how long a case can take from start to finish.

The decision is called R vs. Jordan and any applications made citing its time guidelines are now called Jordan applications.

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Last month, a first-degree murder case was stayed after it took more than five years to go to trial.

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There are at least seven other Jordan applications pending in Alberta. Four of those are Calgary cases, including two murder cases.

Leblanc is a former member of the Canadian bobsled team. He was charged following a three-month investigation by the Calgary police guns and gangs unit.

Police allege Leblanc threatened a Calgarian and claimed he was owed money from a failed business deal.

Leblanc was a bobsledder for Canada in the late 1980s and early 1990s and returned to bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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