P.E.I. man pleads guilty to sexually touching woman while she slept
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A Charlottetown man who sexually touched a girl whereas she slept has pleaded responsible in provincial court docket.
Bradley Thomas Dyke, 21, initially pleaded not responsible, and the matter was scheduled for trial. However on Might 3 in provincial court docket in Charlottetown, Dyke’s lawyer Conor Mullin knowledgeable Chief Choose Jeff Lantz that the trial wasn’t continuing, and his shopper was pleading responsible to sexual assault.
Studying an agreed assertion of details in court docket, Crown legal professional John Diamond stated that Dyke and the sufferer had been buddies for some time. On Nov. 13, she went to Dyke’s residence at round 11 p.m. Dyke and the girl smoked hashish and so they stayed up into the early morning hours of Nov. 14 watching tv. At one level, they started consensual kissing and went into his bed room.
They had been each totally clothed in mattress and continued the consensual kissing and sexual touching. The lady fell asleep and awoke at round 7:30 a.m. with Dyke nonetheless sexually touching her. She advised Dyke to cease touching her and he did so. They talked about consent, and Dyke advised her that he believed she was awake through the sexual touching.
A member of the family picked up the girl at Dyke’s residence at round 11 a.m. Later that day, the girl reported the incident to Charlottetown police. After an investigation, Dyke was arrested on Nov. 18 for sexual assault.
Diamond famous that Dyke accepted that he did not take cheap steps to acquire ongoing consent from the girl for the sexual touching.
Diamond stated that he spoke with the sufferer to tell her in regards to the responsible plea. Diamond added that the sufferer was grateful the matter wasn’t going to trial.
Dyke’s dad and mom had been additionally in court docket to listen to the details and the responsible plea.
Lantz adjourned sentencing to June 28. The adjournment was to permit for the preparation of a pre-sentence report to supply the court docket with background info on Dyke to help with sentencing.
Previous to this offence, Dyke did not have a legal report.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. @terry_mcn
