WINNIPEG — Sex charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard were stayed in a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday after the judge ruled the convicted sex offender’s right to a fair trial has been breached because of lost evidence.

“I am satisfied that (Nygard’s) right to a fair trial has been substantially prejudiced and will be further aggravated by allowing the trial to proceed,” provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie said.

“In balancing the interests of denouncing Charter breaches against the interest in having matters decided on the merits, I am satisfied that this is one of the ‘clearest of cases’ warranting a stay of proceedings,” she said.

Nygard appeared via video from Bath Institution in Ontario, where he is serving an 11-year sentence after he was convicted in September 2024 of

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