Judge reserves decision in case of Calgary man accused of kidnapping, assaulting five women
A judge has reserved his decision on bail for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary.
Richard Robert Mantha, who is 59, faces numerous charges involving five women that include kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault causing bodily harm and administering a noxious substance.The case is scheduled to be back in court on June 30 for the judge’s decision.
Police have said the women allege they were approached by a man, then drugged and taken to another location, where they were physically and sexually assaulted. Mantha was charged after officers cordoned off a property east of Calgary in April and brought in cadaver dogs, but police said at the time that no bodies were found.
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