GATINEAU, Que. – A military judge has rendered a guilty verdict in the sex assault court martial of a former Canadian Forces medic on more than two dozen charges.
Retired petty officer James Wilks will now face sentencing on 25 sexual assault and breach of trust charges involving 16 women over six years.
In a West Quebec courtroom near Ottawa, military judge Lt.-Col. Louis-Vincent d’Auteuil handed down the verdict after reading a detailed summary of the case that concluded the testimony of the women should be believed.
The charges allege inappropriate medical exams at Ontario military recruitment sites in Thunder Bay and London from 2003 to 2009.
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D’Auteuil said Wilks used his position to get the women to expose their breasts or that he touched them during medical exams.
In a separate case, a military judge in December 2011 sentenced Wilks to nine months in jail after he was convicted of one count of sexual assault and four counts of breach of trust.
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