Rape charge withdrawn against Alta. soldier
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By The Canadian Press
EDMONTON, Alta. - A rape charge has been withdrawn against an Edmonton-based soldier who had been accused of attacking a German woman while he was on leave in Australia.
Australian media reports indicate the Crown felt there was a lack of evidence to sustain the charge of sexual intercourse without consent.
Sapper David Langlois-Fequet, 22, a combat engineer with the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, had been arrested by civilian police in Byron Bay, Australia.
He was accused of raping the woman in a shared dormitory room at a hostel last Dec. 8.
However, the director of public prosecutions said Tuesday there was no reasonable prospect of conviction on the admissible evidence available.
Langlois-Fequet has since returned to his posting in Afghanistan.
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34 minutes ago
By The Canadian Press
EDMONTON, Alta. - A rape charge has been withdrawn against an Edmonton-based soldier who had been accused of attacking a German woman while he was on leave in Australia.
Australian media reports indicate the Crown felt there was a lack of evidence to sustain the charge of sexual intercourse without consent.
Sapper David Langlois-Fequet, 22, a combat engineer with the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, had been arrested by civilian police in Byron Bay, Australia.
He was accused of raping the woman in a shared dormitory room at a hostel last Dec. 8.
However, the director of public prosecutions said Tuesday there was no reasonable prospect of conviction on the admissible evidence available.
Langlois-Fequet has since returned to his posting in Afghanistan.
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