The case was never a Whodunit..
After a four-month investigation, Denham was charged with hacking and identifying children involved in court proceedings, when in fact she did neither, and earlier this week Ontario Court Justice Charles D. Anderson acquitted her of all charges and cleared her name after trial.
Fady Mansour, the lawyer who won the acquittals, said his client was pleased with the result.
“Ms. Denham has been vindicated and her conduct was not only not criminal but ultimately led to the (child-welfare agency) having to fix a very serious problem in their system.
The judge noted that the CAS did not take appropriate measures to secure private information. The judge also noted there were no special computer skills or deception required to access the files, which were not marked as confidential and came with no warnings or disclaimers.
The information was publicly available, the judge ruled. He said there was no hacking and Denham didn’t break any Children’s Aid Society (CAS) laws about identifying children involved in court proceeding.
Denham’s life took a rapid turn in April 2016 when police broke through her garage door to execute a search warrant to seize phones, computers, a gaming system, and USB sticks — anything that could store evidence related to her access to the website.
In the early-morning raid, Denham said they put her husband in handcuffs.
“I woke up to police in my bedroom and after I yelled for them to take the ‘cuffs off of him, they did. They also wouldn’t let me call a lawyer.”
On her full acquittal, a relieved Denham said: “I’m glad it’s over. It was four years of my life on hold and it's not over yet.
Stay tuned for for Kelley's police interrogation video to be posted shortly and I believe we have copies of the deals the College of Social Workers and the Crown wanted Kelley to sign..
Truth usually goes through three stages – First, it is ridiculed, then it is opposed and finally it is accepted as being self-evident - because it is and always was.
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