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the fifth estate: Scandal of the Century
Originally Broadcast on January 23, 2002
Updated on Wednesday, February 25, 2004
on CBC-TV at 9PM
It was called the Scandal of the Century.
A Saskatchewan foster family stood accused of committing unspeakable acts
of murder and ritual sexual abuse upon their young charges.
And then, startlingly, the two children whose testimony had led to the
charges against the foster families, recanted on the fifth estate, admitting
they had made the whole thing up.
the fifth estate has uncovered surprising
facts about the case. We have
discovered that the Crown had serious doubts about its case all along
but proceeded anyway.
And, now a court has found the Saskatchewan crown prosecutor and police
liable for malicious prosecution. An interium payment of $1.5 million
has been awarded to the foster family.
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