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A Toronto woman whose fight to wear a niqab while testifying set a Canadian legal precedent is “disillusioned” after the Crown dropped sexual assault charges against two men, her lawyer says.

The Crown withdrew sexual assault charges against the men, who cannot be named because it would identify the woman, saying there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

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“She is extremely disillusioned that she will not even have an opportunity to have her allegations heard on their merits,” David Butt, the complainant’s lawyer, said on Monday.

“I’m probably only stating the obvious to say that these lengthy proceedings took an immense personal toll on her,” he said. “At some point perhaps in the future she may well wish to speak, and perhaps speak quite loudly, about… how those who self-identify as having suffered childhood sexual abuse are treated by the court system,” Mr. Butt said.

The 38-year-old woman, who can only be identified as N.S. due to a publication ban, alleged the two relatives sexually assaulted her when she was a child.