Through the advocacy of Allie's mother, the case landed on the right desk at the Lethbridge Police Service, and sexual assault charges were ultimately laid. In 2006, Allie's mother broke up with Armit when he assaulted her son and choked him. Allie's mother immediately went to police, who conducted an investigation. The officer, Allie said, told her that in his career, he'd never seen a historic sexual assault charge result in a conviction, and he encouraged her not to pursue the case. Major crimes unit gets involvedThe case ended up with the police force's major crimes unit, and charges of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching were laid against Armit, who goes on trial in November.

Source: CBC News July 14, 2021 07:52 UTC