Quebec court judge acquits Montreal police officer Roger Frechette of sexual assault
A Montreal police officer who was charged with sexual assault following an independent investigation by the province’s police watchdog was acquitted Wednesday by a Quebec court judge.
Frechette was the first police officer to be charged following an independent investigation by Quebec’s police watchdog, the Bureau des enquetes independantes. The woman had come to Montreal with her then-boyfriend for a Valentine’s Day weekend when they were arrested downtown after they started arguing on the street following a night of drinking. Both were detained.The woman, who had spent that night in police custody, testified that after she was released the following morning, Frechette, who had completed his work shift, insisted on taking her back to her hotel.
Frechette said in his defence that he was just trying to help the woman – whom he said he did not know – by bringing her back to her hotel, adding that he was the one who was groped. The 34-year veteran police officer, who had spent a decade supervising the cells at a downtown Montreal detention centre, told the trial it was the first time he had escorted a detainee home after his shift.
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