Judicial Council to investigate complaints about jailing of sex assault victim
EDMONTON — Alberta’s Judicial Council will investigate complaints made about a judge over the jailing of an indigenous sex assault victim.
The head of the council has received four complaints about provincial court Judge Raymond Bodnarek over his ruling that forced the homeless woman to spend time in the Edmonton Remand Centre.
The woman, who has since died, was held in 2015 to ensure that she would testify at the preliminary hearing of Lance Blanchard.
Blanchard, her attacker, was later found guilty of aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, unlawful confinement, possession of a weapon and making a death threat.