VANCOUVER—A lawyer for a retired RCMP inspector accused of sexually assaulting a civilian employee says the complainant consented to a relationship with his client. David Butcher told provincial court the woman was motivated by financial gain when she said Tim Shields kissed and groped her in a unisex washroom at the department’s British Columbia headquarters in 2009. Butcher says there is no basis for the Crown’s argument that Shields abused his position of authority to coerce the woman, whose name is under a publication ban. Read more:Trial begins in B.C. for ex-Mountie accused of sexually assaulting civilian employee

Source: thestar November 28, 2017 19:41 UTC