Canadian Forces soldier Oleksii Silin walks into the Barrie, Ont., courthouse with his lawyer Mitchell Worsoff on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.
A Canadian Forces corporal on trial for sexual assault and forcible confinement testified in his defence Thursday, disputing key details around the alleged incident that occurred in a broom closet on a military base.A Canadian Forces corporal on trial for sexual assault and forcible confinement testified in his defence Thursday, disputing key details around the alleged incident that occurred in a broom closet on a military base.
Elle Jaszberenyi filed for a private prosecution after exhausting options to reopen her sexual assault case that was shut down in 2018 by a military prosecutor. "From her pockets she removed two glasses, two plastic glasses," said Silin, who was born in Russia and served in the Ukrainian military. Canadian Forces investigators photographed these tights that Elle Jaszberenyi said she wore during the May 2018 alleged sexual assault incident. Cpl. Oleksii Silin testified that Jaszberenyi wore jeans.
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