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Crown drops breach of trust case against bureaucrat over $700M shipbuilding deal leak

A breach of trust charge against Norman was stayed in 2018, with the Crown citing a lack of evidence.

 
PHOTO: The House of Commons is apologizing to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for what he had to endure while facing criminal breach-of-trust charges โ€“ May 14, 2019
 
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The Crown is dropping its case against federal bureaucrat Matthew Matchett, accused of leaking secret cabinet documents about a $700-million shipbuilding contract.

Matchett walked out of an Ottawa courthouse a free man after Justice Hugh McLean informed the jury hearing the breach of trust case about the Crownโ€™s decision.

The surprise development came on the fourth day of what was expected to be a four-week trial.

The Crownโ€™s case fell apart after its prime witness, longtime lobbyist Brian Mersereau, testified that he could not remember if Matchett had provided him with a secret memo to cabinet.

The November 2015 leak in question had to do with a controversial Liberal plan to freeze a shipbuilding deal negotiated and formalized by the former Conservative government with Quebecโ€™s Chantier Davie.

It sparked a massive federal hunt to find the source of the leak, which the Crown had previously alleged was Vice-Adm.ย Mark Norman, the former vice-chief of the defence staff.

A breach of trust charge against Normanย was stayed in 2018, with the Crown citing a lack of evidence.

With files from Global News.


 
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