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With the complainant failing to show up at court to testify — and no immediate prospect of locating him — the Crown directed a stay in the case of a machete attack reported in the Cathedral area in the summer of 2015.

Daniel Dennis James Larose, 21, arrived at Regina Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday for what was to be the start of his trial on an aggravated assault charge.

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Instead, the court learned the Crown had been unable to find the complainant, who was 25 at the time of the Aug. 9, 2015 incident. As a result, prosecutor Maura Landry stayed the charge, effectively ending court proceedings against Larose on this matter.

Although the Crown has 12 months to bring a charge back to court, that step is rarely taken.

Larose had initially also been facing charges of break, enter and commit theft, and a breach of probation, but those allegations were tossed out following a preliminary hearing in December.