New prosecutor assigned to Lance Blanchard dangerous offender hearing

The Crown prosecutor in a high profile sexual assault case that saw the victim shackled and jailed in order to ensure her testimony is no longer working on the file.
Patricia Innes has been replaced as the lead prosecutor in the Crown’s case against Lance Blanchard, 60, who was convicted of a brutal sexual assault in December 2016, and is now awaiting a dangerous offender hearing scheduled to begin in January 2018.
At a hearing in Court of Queen’s Bench Tuesday morning, prosecutor Ch