Ont. father convicted of incest wins new trial

A prosecutor should not have asked a father accused of incest about why his daughter might have made up her allegations against him, Ontario's top court ruled on Thursday. As a result of the questioning, and the judge's refusal to stop it, the accused should get a new trial, the Court of Appeal decided. "The cross-examination of the appellant about the complainant's motive to lie was improper and prejudicial," Justice Mary Lou Benotto wrote for the Appeal Court. The father, identified only as G.