Former RCMP worker alleging sex assault recounts ‘shocking’ washroom encounter
VANCOUVER — A former RCMP employee says she will never forget the sound of the door being locked behind her by a now-retired inspector who is alleged to have sexually assaulted her in a washroom at their Vancouver workplace.
“I remember the sound just felt shocking, the sound of the lock when he turned it,” the woman testified Tuesday as she stared into the distance and turned her hand as if to lock a door.
Tim Shields, who was the public face of the RCMP in British Columbia as the department’s spokesman, has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault.
The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, told provincial court she was confused when Shields said he had something to tell her and led her into a unisex washroom at the Mounties’ former headquarters in Vancouver in the fall of 2009.