MEADOW LAKE – Update: A stay of proceedings was entered in July and August 2022 for Kiera Mckay and Brandon Campeau, respectively, on all charges.
There are two ways that a prosecutor can end a prosecution. The Crown can enter a stay of proceedings or withdraw the charge. There's a crucial difference between criminal charges 小蓝视频 stayed or 小蓝视频 withdrawn.
When the Crown withdraws charges, they discontinue the prosecution, and those same charges can never be brought back before the court.
On the other hand, when the Crown stays charges, they put the charges on hold. This means the charges can still be "brought back to life," within one year and the person could be prosecuted again on those same charges. But this rarely happens.
The Crown doesn’t have to give the court a reason why charges are 小蓝视频 stayed. There are several reasons, however, why the Crown stays charges.
Sometimes the Crown stays charges if there is a lack of evidence or if witnesses are hostile and no longer co-operating, which would put a trial in jeopardy. The Crown then stays the charges and this keeps the actual criminal charges “live” in case the Crown wants to proceed again.
Original post: Two people facing drug trafficking and weapons charges have been released on bail.
Twenty-one-year-old Kiera McKay and 29-year-old Brandon Campeau were granted bail after an appearance in Meadow Lake court April 21. They are now scheduled to appear on June 27 to elect how they want to be tried.
McKay and Campeau were arrested by Meadow Lake RCMP after police raided a home on 3rd Avenue West April 19 and seized weapons and drugs. They were both charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Campeau was additionally charged with flight from police. During the investigation, the suspects got into a car and fled from police before 小蓝视频 located again and arrested.
Police say that the arrest was part of their ongoing gang suppression and violence reduction strategy.
The charges against McKay and Campeau haven’t been proven in court.
