The Supreme Court of Canada Appeals a Split Decision on a Fourth Trial

In her written statement to the police, only ten days after the event, she didn't tell police that she saw rena cross the bridge. The appeal court concluded that the trial judge should have instructed the jury to consider that the statements were inconsistent. But this decision wasn't unanimous and one of the judges said he was not persuaded by it. Usually a split decision like this triggers an automatic appeal to supreme court of canada. Kelly ellard's defence put an unusual bid to stop the court from hearing the appeal against holding a fourth trial. His reasoning was that the one judge who didn't agree did not differ from the other two judges on matters of law, so the appeal should not be