Judge rules witness had testimony inconsistencies at hockey sex assault trial
The judge in the sex assault trial of five ex-world junior hockey players ruled NHL player Brett Howden had four inconsistencies in his witness testimony, but did not agree with Crown attorneys that he feigned lack of memory or was being insincere.
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