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Corporal found not guilty of sexual assault in CFB Kingston court martial

Cpl. Shane M. Howe has been found not guilty of one count of sexual assault following a court martial at CFB Kingston this past month. CKWS TV

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.

Read more: Trial begins for CFB Kingston corporal facing sexual assault charge

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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