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A Canadian Armed Forces reservist has been acquitted of charges related to two alleged sexual assaults that were to have happened at the Connaught Range in Ottawa.

Capt. Joseph Horvath was charged in 2014 by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service following a third-party complaint to military police about an alleged sexual assault in the summer of 2013. Horvath was also charged in 2014 with sexually assaulting a different victim in June 2009. Horvath was acquitted of both charges on June 27 after a trial.

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“He’s feeling vindicated. He’s feeling very happy with the decision,” Horvath’s defence lawyer, Sean May, said Monday. “It clears his name.”

May said Horvath still has a long road ahead to repair the damage to his reputation and career caused by the charges.

May said his client was acquitted largely because the two victims lacked credibility.

One testified during the trial that Horvath repeatedly entered her tent and sexually assaulted her but said she never once opened her eyes to be certain it was him, May said.