The City of Charlottetown has abandoned its appeal of a P.E.I. Supreme Court ruling awarding half a million dollars in damages to a woman whose home was contaminated from an oil spill on city property.
Posted: May 14, 2021 5:21 PM AT | Last Updated: May 14
Stephanie Douglas, who says she developed a serious infection as a result of an alleged assault at the hands of Edward Mundle in 2014, arrives at P.E.I. Supreme Court on Thursday. (Brian Higgins/CBC)
Testimony of a psychiatrist at the trial of a Charlottetown man accused of sexual assault refuted claims by the man s defence lawyer that the alleged victim is mentally unstable.
Dr. Heather Keizer testified that Stephanie Douglas did not have psychosis or hallucinations when Keizer examined Douglas during her Queen Elizabeth Hospital stay to be treated for a severe infection.
Douglas was hospitalized for sepsis about 10 days after the alleged assault with a sex toy, which she said Tuesday caused excruciating pain.
Ghiz cited medical records that show Douglas told doctors she believed sexual activity she d had with a man was the source of the infection, but did not say she d been assaulted.
Edward Thomas Mundle, 58, has pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexual assault against Stephanie Douglas. (Brian Higgins/CBC)
Douglas testified the omission was understandable. Rape is a very difficult thing for women to process. It takes time … when someone you ve been seeing has hurt you, said Douglas.
Posted: May 11, 2021 6:04 PM AT | Last Updated: May 11
Complainant Stephanie Douglas arrives at the P.E.I. Supreme Court Tuesday to testify at the trial of the man she accuses of sexually assaulting her in January 2014.(Brian Higgins/CBC)
A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a man she met online told a Charlottetown jury on Tuesday that she felt shocked and violated by what happened.
Stephanie Douglas was testifying at the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island trial of the accused man.
He is Edward Thomas Mundle, 58. The Charlottetown man has pleaded not guilty to the single charge of sexual assault.
Posted: May 10, 2021 6:09 PM AT | Last Updated: May 11
Jury selection for a Charlottetown trial that began Monday had to be held at the Delta ballroom in order to preserve physical distancing while 89 prospective jurors were screened.(Brian Higgins/CBC)
A jury trial over a sexual assault allegation began in Charlottetown Monday, with court officials taking special care to protect jurors in the age of COVID-19.
Jury trials are relatively rare on P.E.I., with none having occurred in the 14 months since the pandemic began to have an impact on daily life on the Island.
The extra precautions began Saturday, when potential jurors were summoned to show up at the ballroom of the Delta Hotel in downtown Charlottetown.