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A Richmond Mountie faces charges after a string of sexual offences on Vancouver’s west side last year.

In February 2019, Vancouver police launched an investigation into Andrew Seangio, a 35-year-old Vancouver resident and RCMP officer alleged to have committed indecent acts near York House, an all-girls private school in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood.

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On Wednesday, the Richmond RCMP officer was arrested and faces 11 charges, including seven counts of indecent acts, three counts of exposing himself to persons under the age of 16, and one count of voyeurism.

Seangio was off-duty at the time of the alleged offences, Richmond RCMP said in a Wednesday news release. He has been suspended with pay.

“In addition to the Vancouver Police criminal investigation, the Richmond RCMP immediately launched an internal code of conduct investigation,” said Supt. Will Ng, the Richmond RCMP detachment commander. “The allegations are concerning and are not in keeping with our expectations.”

Seangio is scheduled to appear at Vancouver provincial court on April 29.

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