Red Deer teen on trial for

sex assaults used knife

during attack, court hears
Crown says assaults happened between 2011 and 2015, sometimes
during outings with scouts and cadets
CBC News Posted: Jan 06, 2016 3:09 PM MT Last Updated: Jan 06, 2016 3:15 PM MT

A Red Deer, Alta. teen charged with sexually assaulting numerous other teens involved
with scouts and cadets over a period of years brandished a knife during one of the
incidents, court heard Wednesday, as the trial began.
A 16-year-old witness, one of several to testify at the multi-day trial, sat quietly as video
of an interview he gave Red Deer police last July played for the courtroom.

The witness was sexually assaulted a total of four times between 2011 and 2015,
according to the Crown, including once during a Scouts Canada camp, once at Rexall
Place in Edmonton, once at the accused's home, and once during a Cadets Canada
camp.

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The witness said the accused sexually touched him and masturbated in front of him.
In one of the assaults, the Crown said the accused showed the witness a knife and in
another instance there was a verbal threat of a knife.
The Crown plans to call five complainants, both male and female.
A teenaged girl also tearfully testified Wednesday, saying she woke up while on a
cadet trip a few years ago to find the accused with his hand up her shirt and
exposing himself to her.
The accused, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, cannot be named under the Youth
Criminal Justice Act.
He was involved with Scouts Canada between 2007 and 2012, and with Cadets Canada
between 2011 and 2015, according to police.
The trial is scheduled to continue on Friday and then on Monday and Wednesday next
week.