Nova Scotia’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a sex worker convicted of assault for stabbing a client she said was sexually assaulting her.
The woman had been convicted for stabbing Douglas Barrett in the back in his Sydney, N.S., home on Sept. 19, 2015.
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During the trial, she said she was afraid of Barrett but had agreed to go with him in order to get money she needed for drugs.
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She testified that Barrett forced himself on top of her despite her saying “no,” and she drove a knife in his back in self-defence.
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In their decision, three judges from the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal say the trial judge erred in his application of the law of self-defence and the law of consent.
They have ordered a new trial.
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