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Mistaken identity no defence for sexual assault

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice has found a Prince George man guilty of breaking into a neighbour's apartment and sexually assaulting her while she was asleep. In doing so, Justice S.R.

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice has found a Prince George man guilty of breaking into a neighbour's apartment and sexually assaulting her while she was asleep.

In doing so, Justice S.R. Romilly dismissed the defence of Benjamin Job Nathan McRae that she had invited him into her home. Romilly also dismissed an assertion she had consented to having sex with him under the mistaken belief that McRae was actually her boyfriend.