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A former prime physician from BC’s Inside Heath area and Alberta Well being Providers’ Northern Zone will probably be sentenced in June for molesting a baby in Grande Prairie, Alta.
The courts in Grande Prairie, Alta., scheduled two half days on June 12 and 13 for the sentencing of Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers on the fees of sexual assault and sexual interference, of which he was discovered responsible final week.
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The primary day will probably be to debate the sentencing and the second day will probably be for the Alberta Courtroom of King’s Bench Decide Shaina Leonard to find out the punishment for De Villiers.
On the time the crimes had been dedicated, between June 15, 2018 and July 31, 2020, he was a medical officer of well being for AHS and lived in Grande Prairie. He moved to Kelowna a yr later, the place he was the highest medical physician at Inside Well being, and it was there that he was arrested on the aforementioned expenses.
In the course of the three-day trial, Decide Leonard heard testimony from the boy who assaulted De Villiers, his dad and mom, a police officer and De Villiers himself.
The boy stated that he and his brother and sister spent the night time collectively at De Villiers’ home a couple of occasions and he stayed there alone 4 or 5 occasions. In video proof recorded in 2021, when the allegations had been made to police, the boy stated he was proven nudity on a pill on a couple of event throughout his solo sleepover. He stated he was requested to sexually contact De Villiers and he was additionally sexually touched.
Whereas De Villiers moved away from the city the place the boy’s household lived, and the sleepover ended, they maintained weekly contact by means of video calls.
On a kind of events, De Villiers crossed a line and shortly afterwards the boy advised his mom in regards to the assault.
The boy’s father testified that when he came upon what occurred in Could 2021, he instantly reported what he heard to the RCMP and reduce off contact with de Villiers, who had since moved to the Okanagan, the place he labored for Inner Well being.
De Villiers continues to be in Kelowna and has surrendered his passport and isn’t allowed to have one till he’s sentenced.
De Villiers faces separate baby intercourse expenses for allegations that occurred between January 2017 and December 2019 in Alberta. He’ll stand trial on these expenses in August.
In the event you or somebody you understand has been a sufferer of sexual assault, help is on the market:
- The Division of Justice Sufferer Providers Listing embrace an inventory of help providers in your space.
- Baby Helpline: 1-800-668-6868 (toll free) obtainable 24/7 or SMS CONNECT 686868
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