A B.C. Supreme Court trial for two people accused of confining and assaulting a woman ended the same day it began on Tuesday with the pair being acquitted of all charges.
Edward Scott Coghill, 41, had been facing four charges and Teresa Ann Thon, 44, five charges from the alleged Dec. 12-16, 2011 incident in which a woman went missing and was subsequently found in a Prince George trailer home owned by Coghill.
It was the second time the matter had been taken to trial after the first one was cut short because the woman had been committed to the psychiatric ward at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia and so was unable to testify.
Prior to the woman taking the stand to testify on Tuesday, the court heard there was some concern about her stability and whether she would be able to answer questions.
The court also heard that after she was found, the woman did not immediately disclose what allegedly happened to her but then told her story to a social worker and then, months later, provided a statement to RCMP.
