ONATRIO: An Ontario judge acquitted five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team on Thursday in their sexual assault case, saying the complainant’s allegations lacked the credibility needed to justify the charges. Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia said prosecutors could not meet the onus of proof for the charges against Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote. All five players had pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in an encounter that took place in a London, Ontario, hotel room in the early hours of June 19, 2018.

A judge on Thursday will deliver her verdict in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior ice hockey team.

The verdict marks the end of the highly-publicised case, in which the men were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.