Are judges completely impartial? Could the second judge have been influenced in any way? For all the people commenting about the integrity of the female complainant - how would you fare in her shoes? Would you go to trial twice if it didn't happen? Don't you think that people who persevere through such an ordeal do it for justice? It was costly, embarrassing, and degrading and he walked. If he is guilty, what if he assaults another person in the future? 

I think they should have brought in a judge from out-of-province to listen to the case for the sake of impartiality. Let's take it even farther - maybe judges and juries shouldn't even know the names of the people involved or physically observe the people that are either on trial or those testifying to thwart having that involuntary first reaction  -  the human weakness of prejudging people at first glance based on their appearance, ethnicity, mannerisms, etc. - which could influence the outcome of a decision.