Officer’s acquittal on sex charges provokes a debate about consent
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Four days before Christmas 2014, a young woman approached a parked police cruiser in the early hours of the morning.
The woman, then 21, had been drinking in the St. John’s bar district, and would later testify she thought it was a safer way home than a taxi.
Months later, the officer who drove her home, Const. Doug Snelgrove of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, was charged with sexually assaulting her that night.
The case turned on consent.