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Accused In 'Knees Together' Retrial Says Sex Was Consensual, Really Liked Woman

The Canadian Press, 09 Nov, 2016 11:33 AM
    CALGARY — A man being retried after a judge's controversial remarks in a sexual assault case says he really liked the woman who has accused him of rape and would never have forced himself on her.
     
    Alexander Scott Wagar testified under cross-examination that he was a Christian and "would swear on a Bible" that the sex with the young woman, who was 19 at the time, was consensual.
     
    Wagar also re-enacted the alleged rape for the court — with body movements and gestures.
     
    He said she never said no and encouraged him to go ahead when they had sex in a bathroom at a house party in 2011.
     
    Wagar was acquitted of sexual assault in 2014 by Robin Camp, a provincial court judge at the time, who suggested the complainant should have just kept her knees together.
     
    The verdict was overturned on appeal and this week's new trial was ordered.

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