Trial begins for B.C. Mountie accused of sexually assaulting civilian employee

Jun 7, 2017 | 4:17 PM

VANCOUVER — The Crown attorney in the sexual assault trial of a retired RCMP inspector says the officer assaulted a woman inside a locked washroom at police headquarters in British Columbia.

Michelle Booker told the provincial court trial today that the woman, who can’t be named, will also testify that while she worked with Tim Shields she was sexually harassed and her requests for it to stop were ignored.

At the time of the alleged incidents, Shields was in charge of strategic communications and was the public face of the Mounties in the province.

Booker says the woman, who was a civilian employee, will testify that Shields sexually assaulted her in the fall of 2009 at E Division headquarters in Vancouver.