Lawyer files complaint against Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley

EDMONTON – A complaint has been filed against Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley after she made comments on a case involving a sexual assault victim who was shackled in court and imprisoned during her testimony.

Edmonton lawyer Scott Horne has filed the complaint with the Law Society of Alberta.

He says it was improper for Ganley, who’s a lawyer, to make statements on a case while it was before the courts.

The case involved an Indigenous woman who was forced to spend five nights in the Edmonton Remand Centre during her testimony at a 2015 preliminary hearing for Lance Blanchard, the man who attacked her.