Kelowna Mountie charged after allegedly sending sexually explicit texts to assault victim
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A Kelowna Mountie has been charged for his alleged involvement with an alleged home assault sufferer in Lake Nation.
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Const. Sean Eckland was charged Thursday with two counts of obstructing justice.
He had allegedly despatched sexually express textual content messages to a sufferer of a 2018 home assault case in Lake Nation, in keeping with media studies. He was the lead investigator within the case.
Eckland was suspended with pay in December 2019 after his relationship with the sufferer was revealed in courtroom paperwork submitted by the accused within the assault case, mentioned International Information.
He’s scheduled to seem in Kelowna provincial courtroom on April 4.
The fees in opposition to Eckland have been accepted by a Crown Counsel with no prior or present connections with the officer, mentioned the B.C. Prosecution Service in a press release.
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