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CP NewsAlert: Timothy Rees murder charge withdrawn after conviction set aside

Written by on December 18, 2025

TORONTO — Prosecutors have withdrawn a second-degree murder charge against Timothy Rees, weeks after Ontario’s top court set aside his conviction in the 1989 killing of a 10-year-old girl.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario last month ordered a new trial for Rees, but it was up to the Crown to decide whether to proceed with one.

More coming.

Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press