By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba man acquitted 50 years after murder conviction

Oct 3, 2024 | 9:46 AM

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man convicted of murder 50 years ago has been acquitted.

Clarence Woodhouse was found guilty in 1974 of fatally beating and stabbing a restaurant worker in downtown Winnipeg.

His lawyers say a confession Woodhouse supposedly made was in fluent English, although he primarily spoke Saulteaux.

The federal justice minister ordered a new trial earlier this year and today the Crown acknowledged the case was a miscarriage of justice.

Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench says systemic discrimination affected the police investigation and the prosecution of the case.

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Two other men convicted in the killing, Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse, had their convictions quashed last year after a new trial was ordered and the Crown asked for an acquittal.

More coming.

Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press