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Richmond County District RCMP charges man in sexual assault investigation
Richmond County District RCMP has charged a man in relation to a sexual assault investigation.
On December 11, 2020, Richmond County District RCMP received a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted a number of times when she was a teenager. The sexual assaults occurred between 2012 and 2015. Police began an investigation, and on May 12, 2021, a 49-year-old man was arrested in St. Peter’s without incident.
Gordon Wallen Richard of St. Peter’s has been charged with 19 sex-related offences as follows:
- Sexual Exploitation of a Young Person – S. 153(1) CC (7 counts)
- Sexual Assault – S. 271 CC (5 counts)
- Sexual Interference – S. 151 CC (5 counts)
- Invitation to Sexual Touching – S. 152 CC (2 counts)
Richard has since been released from custody on a number of conditions and will appear in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on July 26, 2021, at 1:30 p.m.
