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A woman described how she thought she was “going to die” while being sexually assaulted by a man in a Toronto hotel room in 2015, a military court martial heard Monday.

Capt. Steven Nordstrom, a medical officer stationed at CFB Shilo with 1 Field Ambulance, has pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual assault in relation to events on Feb. 19 and one charge of assault on March 13 of the same year.

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The victim, who cannot be named because of a publication ban, but who was being referred to as J.L. at the Edmonton Garrison court martial, sobbed as she testified she was pursued by Nordstrom into her hotel bedroom.

He stripped her naked before attempting to have sex with her, she testified.

Court heard the pair met while undertaking military course work in Toronto. Prior to the charges, the pair sat next to each other and shared the occasional joke and spoke about their lives away from the military. But J.L. said she and Nordstrom were not close.