Charges against 2 Yellowknife men withdrawn; Crown says no reasonable prospect of conviction

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Donovan and Dean McNeely were some expected to beryllium connected proceedings connected June 17, erstwhile the Crown dropped each charges against them.

Assault proceedings for Donovan and Dean McNeely was acceptable to statesman June 17

Nadeer Hashmi · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 6:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

All charges against 2 Yellowknife men regarding an battle were dropped past week, connected the time their proceedings was acceptable to begin.

Donovan and Dean McNeely were some expected to beryllium connected proceedings connected June 17. Donovan McNeely was facing 5 charges, including assault, possessing the proceeds of crime, unsafe driving and failing to halt astatine the country of a collision. Dean McNeely faced 2 charges: battle and possessing spot obtained by crime.

The charges stemmed from February 2024, erstwhile Donovan McNeely was accused of hitting idiosyncratic with a hammer portion driving a stolen conveyance successful a Yellowknife parking lot. The alleged unfortunate aboriginal went to infirmary with injuries.

Crown authoritative Raegan Rankin told CBC the charges were withdrawn due to the fact that the Crown nary longer had a tenable imaginable of conviction.

The Crown said they wouldn't springiness immoderate further details.