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'Beautiful' comment has lawyers weighing in on judge's decision

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 @ 2:30 PM | By Terry Davidson

Criminal lawyers have differing views when it comes to a judge throwing out several charges in a domestic assault case after the suspect’s ex-girlfriend called a defence lawyer “beautiful” during her...

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