A man was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl after she had passed out during a drinking party at a Prince George home seven years ago.
Karl Xavier Casimer was almost 30 years old at the time of the Oct. 18, 2007 incident, which occured in a 1700-block Upland Street apartment, according to a reasons for judgment from B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ron Tindale.
The girl, who cannot be named under a court-ordered publication ban, was friends with all of the people at the party except Casimer, who she had never met before. During the course of the evening, she drank enough to pass out and was put to bed by a friend.
A witness during the trial, held over three days this week, testified that Casimer also became drunk enough to pass out at the edge of the living room after bouncing off the walls of the apartment's hallway towards its two bedrooms and a bathroom.
Later on, the friend went to check on the girl and found her on the floor with Casimer on top of her and both with their pants and underwear down. Unable to pull him off, she called for help. One of the men who came to her aid kicked Casimer in the face before kicking him out of the apartment.
The girl testified she did not remember anything other than being in the kitchen with her friend and waking up in the hospital. During the trial, she did recognize Casimer as being at the party.
A physician who examined the girl after she was taken to hospital found abrasions and semen that led him to conclude she had been sexually assaulted.
Blood verified to be Casimer's was found in the bedroom, however the semen was never put through a DNA analysis. There were also some differences in witnesses stories, but Tindale noted they all said Casimer was found in the bedroom with the girl.
Casimer, who does not currently live in Prince George, was subsequently found guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference of a person under 14. He will be sentenced at a later date once a pre-sentence report with a forensic psychiatric risk assessment is completed.
No details were provided on why the case took so long to be brought to trial.
