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Grant’s New Sentence After Acquittal | Winnipeg News
Mark Edward Grant, the man acquitted in the 1984 murder of 13-year-old Candace Derksen, just received a 10-year sentence for sexually assaulting and confining a woman in her 60s — effectively nine years and 42 days behind bars. Arrested in January after police responded to an assault call in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, this case adds another dark chapter to his turbulent legal history. His 2011 conviction for Derksen’s murder was overturned by Canada’s Supreme Court in 2017 due to unreliable DNA evidence, and now, justice is circling back with a fresh, heavy sentence. Listen in comfort:Get…
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