Overview

• On his second day on the stand, retired Sgt. Stephen Newton conceded he never secured key text messages inviting teammates into the Delta Armouries hotel room
• Newton admitted to obtaining but not reviewing bar surveillance footage and failing to submit the complainant’s clothing for forensic testing
• The Crown played recordings of Newton’s 2018 interviews with Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton and Dillon Dubé detailing differing player accounts
• The defence maintains the complainant, known as E. M., instigated and consented to the sexual activity while the Crown highlights the probe’s procedural flaws
• Supporters from the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo gathered outside the London courthouse to affirm their backing of the complainant