A judge halted Peter Nygard’s sexual assault charges due to police failure to preserve 1993 records, violating his right to a fair trial.

A Manitoba judge has stayed sexual assault and unlawful confinement charges against 84-year-old former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, ruling that the police failure to preserve key 1993 records violated his right to a fair trial. The decision, based on the destruction of investigative documents despite modern record-keeping, prevents the case from going to trial. Nygard, already serving an 11-year sentence in Ontario for prior sex offences, faces separate charges in Quebec and is wanted in the U.S. on sex trafficking and racketeering allegations.