Time runs out for Crown to reactivate Connie Oakes murder case
MEDICINE HAT, AB — Time has run out to prosecute Connie Oakes in the 2011 murder of Casey Armstrong, as a year ago today Oakes’ second-degree murder charge was stayed leaving the Crown 12 months to reactivate the charges.
“This particular case is no longer before the Courts,” confirmed Katherine Thompson with Alberta’s Justice and Solicitor General’s office Friday morning.
“It is always within a Crown’s discretion when to proceed or re-commence a case and when not to,” she continued. “The Crown must have a reasonable likelihood of conviction and feel it is in the public interest to proceed — in every case.”