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Lawyers are expected to make their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of a Newfoundland and Labrador police officer charged with sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in 2014.
Const. Carl Douglas Snelgrove of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is accused of assaulting the woman in her home in December 2014 while he was on duty and in uniform. This is his third trial for the charge, following a successful appeal of a verdict and a subsequent mistrial.
Posted: May 12, 2021 7:33 PM NT | Last Updated: May 13
RNC Const. Doug Snelgrove enters court ahead of closing arguments in his sexual assault retrial on Wednesday. (Malone Mullin/CBC)
The St. John s police officer being tried this week on a sex assault charge may have induced consent through an abuse of trust, prosecution argued Wednesday, calling him a knight in shining armour who set the plate for an opportunity to have sex with a vulnerable young woman while in uniform and on duty.
It marked the third time both Const. Doug Snelgrove and the complainant listened to attorneys pick apart their testimony.
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Deirdre Connolly, shown in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L. on Monday, May 3, 2021, opened the Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre s Labrador office in March 2020 and says the St. John s headquarters has been calling for a sexual assault nurse examiner program in the region for years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Shirley White MANDATORY CREDIT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other. It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she’s constantly warning her three daughters to be on guard.
Posted: May 10, 2021 10:34 AM NT | Last Updated: May 10
New data shows that although Labrador is home to just five per cent of the province s population, it accounted for about one-quarter of police-reported sexual assaults last year.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other.
It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she s constantly warning her three daughters to be on guard. I m always telling them to be wary of where you are and who you re with, and to be careful, Wolfrey said in a recent interview.
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