BC MLA Pimm charged with assault

Sep 12, 2016 | 11:51 AM

VICTORIA — Pat Pimm, a member of British Columbia’s legislative assembly, has been charged with one count of assault.

The province’s Criminal Justice branch announced the assault was alleged to have occurred in Dawson Creek, B.C., on Aug. 13, but is releasing few other details.

Pimm was due to make a first appearance in provincial court in Dawson Creek on Sept. 13.

A special prosecutor was appointed last month after Pimm revealed the unspecified allegations and also announced he would quit the B.C. Liberal caucus and sit as an independent while the matter is before the courts.