Policeman on rape charge

Constable Christian Yorke of Sherwood Park, who was assigned to the Scarborough CID Task Force, was not called upon to plead as the charge was laid indictably. The Constable was charged on Thursday afternoon with the rape of the woman, after the investigator got instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

When he appeared before Magistrate Prince, PC Yorke was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 with a surety and instructed to reappear in court on March 31. The charge alleges that at 10.55 pm on Carnival Monday, a woman was raped at her apartment home.

She later filed a report and investigations were conducted which led to an arrest.