By Canadian Press

FORMER RCMP OFFICER SENTENCED

RCMP officer given probation for 2017 assault of fellow officer

Jul 31, 2019 | 5:58 AM

FORT MCMURRAY- A former staff sergeant with the Wood Buffalo RCMP detachment has been given probation for touching a female colleague without consent at a Christmas party.

Jason Keays, 44, was charged with sexual assault but pleaded guilty in Fort McMurray court to common assault.

Court heard he slapped the woman’s behind at the off-duty party in 2017.

Crown Prosecutor Ron Simenik says the victim, who was a subordinate of Keays, was left emotionally and psychologically distressed.

Defence lawyer Robb Beeman argued the move was not threatening or meant to intimidate the woman.

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A provincial court judge handed Keays a suspended sentence with one year probation.

(CJOK)