CBC has found hundreds of sexual assault-related cases in Canada have been stayed due to unreasonable delays since 2016. That’s when the Supreme Court of Canada set strict timelines for trials to be completed.
When Danika went to the police in London, Ont., a few years ago, it wasn’t just to hold her step-father accountable for the horrific sexual crimes she says he committed against her as a child. She also wanted to stop this man — now in his late 50s and working as a handyman — from harming other kids.
“It very much concerned me, the fact that he was going into people’s houses with children,” said Danika, 46, whose real name can’t be made public due to a court-ordered publication ban.
Going to the police was a big step for her.
“I just don’t trust and I’m scared a lot of the time,” she said.
But in …