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Former B.C. Fire Chief Found Not Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Volunteers

The Canadian Press, 19 Dec, 2017 11:41 AM
  • Former B.C. Fire Chief Found Not Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Volunteers
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A former chief of the fire department in Fort St. James, B.C., has been found not guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting two female volunteers.
 
The jury reached the verdicts Saturday in the case of Robert Harold Bennett after deliberating for 3 1/2 days at the courthouse in Prince George.
 
It was unable to reach a verdict in the case of a third complainant.
 
It was Bennett's second trial after he was found guilty previously by a judge on all three counts.
 
A new trial was ordered by the B.C. Appeal Court after it said the lower court judge displayed an apprehension of bias.

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