A court martial at CFB Kingston ended last week with a not guilty verdict for a corporal accused of sexual assault.
A military panel found Cpl. Shane M. Howe not guilty of sexual assault in regard to allegations dating from July 2019 in Kingston, the Department of National Defence said.
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The trial began Oct. 12 and Howe pleaded not guilty.
A military judge presided over the general court martial, accompanied by a five-member military panel that sat as a jury.
The panel returned the not guilty verdict after four hours of deliberations shortly before 6:30 p.m. last Friday.
The trial marks one of three sexual assault courts martial that are to take place in Kingston before the new year.
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