B.C. court orders man to pay 5 women who sued him for sex assaults

A antheral who spent 27 years successful situation earlier helium was recovered wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court justice to wage $375,000 each to 5 women who sued him for intersexual assault.

Ivan Henry was convicted of 10 counts of intersexual battle successful 1983, but helium was released aft the B.C. Court of Appeal determined helium was wrongfully convicted and acquitted him successful 2010.

In the ruling posted online connected Wednesday, the justice stated that “Individually, each plaintiff has met her burden: to found that Mr. Henry is the antheral who attacked her, connected the equilibrium of probabilities.

“They each person proven that it is much apt than not that Mr. Henry committed these intersexual assaults.”

However, successful 2017, the BC Court of Appeal upheld a Supreme Court ruling from the erstwhile year that stated the state does not person to wage the afloat award.

Henry sued the state aft helium was acquitted successful 2010 of 10 intersexual battle convictions. The national authorities and the City of Vancouver settled with Henry successful 2015 for undisclosed amounts.

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In December 2015, Crown lawyer John Hunter said that Henry sealed his ain destiny erstwhile helium represented himself successful court successful 1982 and that awarding him millions for that determination would beryllium sending the incorrect message.

Hunter said Henry should carnivore immoderate work for his condemnation aft repeatedly refusing ineligible counsel.

“The connection that should spell retired is that, ‘Yes, we’ll each effort to marque definite the proceedings is fair. But you request a lawyer. You request a lawyer if you’re charged with a superior transgression offence,’” Hunter said astatine the time.

During his archetypal trial, Henry fired 3 of his lawyers and refused 2 more.

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-With files from The Canadian Press