MONTREAL, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A Canadian appeals court acquitted former ice hockey great Guy Lafleur of perjury charges stemming from his testimony in his son's trial, officials said.
The court ruled a lower court gave "unwarranted weight" to Lafleur's failing to tell a hearing in 2007 his son Mark had spent two weekends at a hotel during leave from a drug rehab center, The (Montreal) Gazette reported Tuesday.
At the hearing, Guy Lafleur testified Mark, who was under a court-ordered curfew, was at the family home, the newspaper said.
Guy Lafleur was convicted of obstruction of justice on June 18 2009 and was given a one-year suspended sentence.
In the appeal, the three-judge panel faulted prosecutors for presenting no evidence Mark Lafleur was compelled to stay at his parents' home. UPI
