Former Woodstock mayor Trevor Birtch leaving court in downtown London, Ont., on Monday.
Ex-Woodstock, Ont., mayor's behaviour 'like Jekyll and Hyde,' woman tells his sexual assault trial | CBC News LoadedEx-Woodstock, Ont., mayor's behaviour 'like Jekyll and Hyde,' woman tells his sexual assault trial
Earlier in the day, Birtch, 48, entered not guilty pleas to two counts of sexual assault and one count of assault stemming from allegations made between Feb. 14 and Dec. 13, 2021. He was charged in February 2022 and stepped down from his second term as mayor several months later. "He probably should not have been driving," the woman said during testimony given by video feed from another room.
She testified that the next day, Birtch dropped her off at her home in the Woodstock area and told her he should have brought someone else. He then didn't contact her for three days. When he did call, he asked if she was ready to be "a good girl" and do what he wanted.The woman described an incident later the same year in which the pair were driving around Oxford County and stopped in an empty church parking lot on a country road.
"A huge part of me wanted to understand what was going on," she told the court. "I deserved that conversation. I deserved to know why this was happening and where the aggression was coming from, especially from someone who said they loved me."The woman said Birtch reacted by coming around to her side of the vehicle, pulled her out of the car and onto the gravel.
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