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Sex Assault
Time served for man who fled treatment centre, assaulted Logan Lake resident
A man who fled a court-ordered stay at a treatment centre and fought a Logan…
Kelowna airport partners with Paul Brand’s #NotInMyCity to fight sex trafficking
Human trafficking is such a dark and uncomfortable subject that many people shy away from…
Violent offender released after guilty plea in Vernon court
A BC man charged with sexual assault and violence against his partner will be released…
North Okanagan youth worker acquitted of sexual assault
VERNON – A youth care worker charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old…
What we know about the Merritt massage clinic owner charged with sexual assault
KAMLOOPS – Four different women have accused a Merritt massage clinic owner of sexual assault…
Barriere man charged with sexually assaulting elderly woman found not guilty
KAMLOOPS – A Barriere man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 90s has…
Peachland man charged in Kelowna break, enter and sex assault case remains in custody for now
KELOWNA – A Peachland man arrested for a bizarre sexual assault will remain in custody…
Kamloops sexual assault survivor lends voice to legislation
KAMLOOPS – A Thompson Rivers University student who has taken on her own school for…
Lytton community worker denied appeal of conviction in bizarre sex assault
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a Kamloops Supreme Court's sexual assault…
How a minor break-in led to arrest in six-year-old Kamloops sex assault
KAMLOOPS - A man suspected of committing a serious sex assault in Kamloops six years ago was identified as a suspect after the Alberta courts ordered him to submit a DNA sample for breaking and entering a college campus last year. On Nov. 27, Kamloops RCMP said Taylor James Howard Matchett was arrested in...
TRU to develop policy on sex assault without statistics on campus incidents
"IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS... THEN HOW CAN YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO ATTACK THE ISSUE?" KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University released an interim protocol to support and respond to students who are victims of sexual assault, but a student who was attacked twice on campus says a developing policy...
Kelowna store employee reports sexual assault
KELOWNA – A local man is being held in custody after an alleged sexual assault of a downtown employee last week. Brian Spencer, 61, is being charged with two counts of sexual assault after he entered a store and began a conversation with a female employee at around 6:15 p.m. RCMP Const. Kris Clark says...
Penticton man sentenced to five years in prison for sex assault
PENTICTON - A local man was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual and aggravated assault. Darren MacDonald, 42, appeared in Penticton Supreme Court via video conference from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre where he has been in custody since Aug. 11, 2013. He pleaded guilty this...