Pictou District RCMP officer charged with sexual assault

Update, Nov. 15, 2022:Cpl.Gregory Deagle was acquitted on June 29, 2022, of sexual assault in Truro Provincial Court.

Nova Scotia's police watchdog has charged a member of Pictou District RCMP with sexual assault.

Cpl. Gregory Deagleis scheduled to appear in Truro provincial court on March 4.

The Serious Incident Response Team, known as SIRT, said it was contacted by Bible Hill RCMPon Dec. 28 regarding an allegation Deagle had sexually assaulted a female he knows.

SIRT said in a news releasethe incident is alleged to have happened earlier in December. It said the investigation started the day the complaint was received.