Close X
Sunday, September 29, 2024
ADVT 
National

Former Medic Guilty Of Sex Assault, Breach Of Trust For Breast Exams On Recruits

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Feb, 2017 01:09 PM
    OTTAWA — A former medical technician has been found guilty of one count of sexual assault and three counts of breach of trust for conducting inappropriate breast exams at several Ontario military recruiting centres.
     
    A five-member court martial panel handed down the verdict against former petty officer James Wilks after several days of deliberations.
     
    The panel found Wilks not guilty on four other counts of breach of trust.
     
    It's the third such conviction for Wilks, who conducted thousands of medical exams on prospective military recruits during his more than 20 years in uniform.
     
     
    He previously spent nine months behind bars after being found guilty of sexual assault and four counts of breach of trust in December 2011.
     
    He was sentenced to another 30 months in prison in 2013 after being convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault and 15 counts of breach of trust, but has appealed.
     
    A military judge will sentence Wilks on May 24.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Rapper Classified Fires Back At Lawyers' Association In N.L. Rape Sentence Controversy

    Rapper Classified Fires Back At Lawyers' Association In N.L. Rape Sentence Controversy
    HALIFAX — A popular Canadian rapper says he can't understand why a prominent lawyers' group is condemning his angry response to a controversial sexual-assault sentencing.

    Rapper Classified Fires Back At Lawyers' Association In N.L. Rape Sentence Controversy

    Canadian Writers Celebrate Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize For Literature

    Canadian Writers Celebrate Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize For Literature
    Montreal-based author Kathleen Winter says the legendary American singer-songwriter is "one of the greatest poets of all time."

    Canadian Writers Celebrate Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize For Literature

    Tragically Hip Frontman Gord Downie Talks About Memory Loss In CBC Interview

    Tragically Hip Frontman Gord Downie Talks About Memory Loss In CBC Interview
    TORONTO — Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie says his memory is fading as he battles terminal brain cancer.

    Tragically Hip Frontman Gord Downie Talks About Memory Loss In CBC Interview

    Newcomers Create Jobs In Canada: Navdeep Bains

    Newcomers Create Jobs In Canada: Navdeep Bains
    Navdeep Bains says newcomers create jobs in Canada and is urging people to see immigration not as a social issue, but as a key driver of economic growth.

    Newcomers Create Jobs In Canada: Navdeep Bains

    Domestic Incident-related Charges Against Former Winnipeg Jet Thomas Steen Stayed

    Domestic Incident-related Charges Against Former Winnipeg Jet Thomas Steen Stayed
      Manitoba's justice department says in a statement that the Crown has entered a stay of proceedings against Thomas Steen.

    Domestic Incident-related Charges Against Former Winnipeg Jet Thomas Steen Stayed

    Toronto Police Announce 'Largest Single Seizure' Of Cocaine Worth $7.3 Million

    Toronto Police Announce 'Largest Single Seizure' Of Cocaine Worth  $7.3 Million
    'Project Polar' probe nets largest drug seizure in Toronto police history

    Toronto Police Announce 'Largest Single Seizure' Of Cocaine Worth $7.3 Million