The judge declared impatient in the case of five former members of Canada’s World Junior Hockey Team on the indictee of the indictee for sexual attack on a woman at the hotel in 2018. years.

Superior Judicial Justice Maria Carroccia presented an announcement on Friday, two days after the trial began, informing the jurors who emptied.

The reason for the change is not informed due to the legal prohibition from the publication of court proceedings that take place without the jury present.

Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Carter Hart and Alex Formenton Each faces one number of sexual assault. McLeod faces an additional number that the party is in the misdemeanor. Everyone pleads not guilty.

They charge from the meeting in the hotel room in the Canadian city of London in June 2018. After the Hockey Canada Gala to celebrate its world victory before that year.

The judge’s decision means that a new trial will be held, with the selection of the jury starting on Friday.