Lethbridge Courthouse Explicit Language: Alleged victim in sex assault trial testifies to abuse suffered at the age of eight Nov 5, 2019 4:55 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A 41-year-old woman took the stand during a sex assault trial in Court of Queen’s Bench in Lethbridge Tuesday, to describe how the abuse she says she experienced at the hands of a Raymond man began more than 30 years ago.

The now 51-year-old is facing four charges of sexual assault, and one charge of sexual interference. He has already been convicted of three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault as a youth.

His name, the names of the alleged victims and even some of the witnesses can not be published because of a publication ban.

The woman said the abuse began when the man was 18 years old, and continued in two different homes, and in a vehicle. She testified that he would perform oral sex on her, and at least one time, penetrated her with an object she couldn’t identify. The abuse didn’t stop she said, until he went away on a mission for two years.