Newfoundland Constable Can’t Appeal Rape Conviction, Ending Case That Shook Province

The country’s highest court refused on Feb. 29 to hear an appeal from a Newfoundland police officer convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in 2014, bringing an end to a winding court process that has gripped the province for seven years. The decision from the Supreme Court of Canada closes the last avenue of appeal for 46-year-old Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer Carl Douglas Snelgrove, clearing the way for him to go to prison. A jury found him guilty in provincial Supreme Court in 2021 following a mistrial the year before and a successful appeal of an acquittal in 2017. He was sentenced to four years in jail but has been out on bail pending the decision on Feb. 29....