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Crown drops sex offender registry charge against former Nova Scotia police chief

Global News Canada · October 22, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

Crown drops sex offender registry charge against former Nova Scotia police chief

On March 4, 2020, John Collyer was sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl when he was deputy chief of the Bridgewater Police Service.

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Crown drops sex offender registry charge against former Nova Scotia police chief

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