A Spencerville man who has repeatedly appealed a sexual assault conviction from 2012 has been charged in relation to two historic sexual assaults of minors.
Ryan Hartman, 38, was arrested by North Grenville OPP this week and was in bail court in Brockville Wednesday afternoon.
According to Grenville OPP, an investigation into Hartman began on March 29, when two victims, who were aged 14 and 15 at the time of the alleged assaults, came forward.
Hartman has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference and one count of invitation to sexual touching to a child under 16.
OPP say the assaults happened some time between 2008 and 2011 in the Grenville region.
Court officials say Hartman will remain in custody until his next court appearance, which will happen next Wednesday.
Hartman is currently appealing the denial of his constitutional appeal to a speedy trial.
He was originally convicted of sexual assault of Bekah D’Aoust in 2012. Since that conviction, Hartman has appealed the decision three times, once claiming he did commit the sexual assault, but was suffering from sexsomnia during the assault, a disease that makes people have sex in their sleep.
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Twice-convicted Ryan Hartman sentenced for one year in prison in sexsomnia case -
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Hartman was sentenced to one year in jail on March 20, after his constitutional appeal was shot down. Hartman then hired a new layer out of Toronto the next day to file an appeal to that decision.
On April 4, he was released on bail pending that appeal trial, only to be taken back into custody this week on these new charges.
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