Police investigating suspicious death after human remains found in St. John s
The RNC says human remains were found in the Waterford Valley area in St. John s sometime overnight Sunday.
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Posted: May 31, 2021 11:04 AM NT | Last Updated: May 31
Police are maintaining a presence in a wooded area of St. John s on Monday after human remains were found in a part of Waterford Valley, which police are treating as a suspicious death investigation.(Ted Dillon/CBC)
Police are investigating a suspicious death after the discovery of human remains found in the Waterford Valley area in St. John s.
The remains were discovered sometime overnight Sunday but it s not immediately clear when or by whom, according to a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary spokesperson.
Posted: May 19, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: May 19
Demonstrations and campaigns backing Jane Doe, the complainant in a high-profile police sex assault case, dominated conversation about abuse of power in Newfoundland and Labrador last week. But while signs point to small changes, survivors say they don t yet trust the mechanisms of justice enough to report.(Malone Mullin/CBC)
Robyn LeGrow always told herself she d just had too much to drink that night.
LeGrow, who lives in St. John s, publicly recounted her own encounter with sexual violence just hours after a jury indicted police officer Doug Snelgrove, who sexually assaulted an intoxicated woman in her own home in 2014.
ST. JOHN S, N.L. Eleven electronic billboards lit up across St. John s on Monday with messages of support for the complainant in a police-involved sexual assault case. A jury found Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Const. Carl Douglas Snelgrove guilty on Saturday of sexually assaulting the woman in her home while on duty in 2014. Ashley MacDonald helped fundraise to get the billboards up and says as a sexual assault survivor herself, she was shocked and relieved to see Snelgrove convicted. Queen s University researcher Danielle McNabb says MacDonald s shock is warranted because while data on police-involved sexual assault is sparse, the available figures indicate officers are less likely to be convicted of sexual assault than are civilians.
Posted: May 14, 2021 8:37 PM NT | Last Updated: May 14
The jury of a trial for RNC Const. Doug Snelgrove, accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated civilian, has been sequestered since Thursday afternoon.(Malone Mullin/CBC)
The jury deciding the verdict in a prolonged sexual assault case in Newfoundland and Labrador hasn t yet made up its mind, as the 12-person panel carries their debate into the weekend.
Reporters caught a glimpse into that secretive discussion twice at Supreme Court on Friday, as the jurors emerged to ask the judge questions about how to apply the law to the facts of this case.
If the jury reaches a verdict, they will decide the fate of Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer Doug Snelgrove, who was arrested in 2015. The complainant has testified she was too intoxicated to remember consenting to sex, and only came to to discover Snelgrove, an on-duty police officer who gave her a ride to her apartment, having intercourse with her.