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By James Peters

Joel Eric Carlson

Kamloops man convicted of string of sexual assaults

Jun 21, 2024 | 3:07 PM

KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops man has been found guilty of multiple sexual assaults.

Joel Eric Carlson was standing trial in B.C. Supreme Court this month on a total of 10 counts of sexual assault dating back as far as 2013. The most recent charge stems from an incident in the fall of 2018.

Thursday night (June 20), a jury came back with guilty verdicts on six of those counts. Carlson was found not guilty on the other four counts.

Carlson was initially charged with sexual assault and forcible confinement after an arrest by Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP in 2018.

At the time, police urged other potential victims of Carlson to come forward.

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