A Durham police officer has been charged after a woman alleged she was sexual assaulted in 2017 and 2018, the Special Investigations Unit says.

Ontario’s police watchdog said in a statement Friday that they were contacted by Durham police on Oct. 3, 2019 regarding the allegation.

After an investigation, Sgt. Robert Stoddart, 49, was charged with two counts of sexual assault.

He is to appear in Oshawa court April 6.

The SIU is an arm’s length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

Osobe Waberi is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @OsobeWaberi

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