One of the highest-profile sexual assault cases involving the Canadian military may finally be at its end following years of legal battles after the lawyer for the soldier accused in the case told a judge Friday her client would like to plead guilty and avoid further trial.
Former warrant officer André Gagnon was charged with assaulting former master corporal Stéphanie Raymond, who alleged she was raped by Gagnon following a party in 2011 at an armoury near Quebec City.
Drapeau said Raymond faced "extraordinary difficulty" in getting her sexual assault case properly investigated by military police in 2011 and subsequently faced career repercussions for speaking up.
After Raymond filed a complaint against Gagnon, she was forced out of the military in 2013. Charges originally were laid only under the code of service discipline, but then later under the Criminal Code, said Drapeau.
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