A criminal trial started today in Montreal involving the first police officer to be charged following an independent investigation by Quebec’s police watchdog.
Roger Fréchette, a Montreal police officer, faces one count of sexual assault against a woman from Ontario who was visiting Montreal in February 2019.
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Fréchette was charged in February 2020 with the single count following an investigation by the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes.
He is suspended with pay.
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The alleged victim in the case, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, is the first witness.
The trial is scheduled to last five days and is being heard by Quebec court Judge Lori Renée Weitzman.