Canada judge fights to save job after 'victim-blaming' rape trial


  • World
  • Saturday, 07 Jan 2017

(Reuters) - A Canadian federal judge in Alberta who called a sexual assault complainant "the accused" and asked her why she could not "just keep your knees together" should be allowed to keep his job, his lawyers said on Friday.

"Removal is not necessary to preserve public confidence in this case," lawyers for Justice Robin Camp wrote in a submission to the Canadian Judicial Council, which is considering whether to ask the government to remove Camp from the bench.

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