Man guilty of sexually assaulting sleeping woman who later killed herself
BARRIE, Ont. — A man was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman who killed herself before the case went to trial, but whose statements were admitted as evidence and found to be truthful.
In convicting Shawn Roy, Ontario Court Justice Robert Gattrell said he had no doubt the accused intended to assault Kassidi Coyle, 20, of Barrie, Ont., in the early hours of Canada Day in 2016.
Coyle’s mother, Judi Coyle, said the verdict had been a long time coming.
“I’m just grateful to God for this. Now she can rest in peace,” she said outside court. “We got the justice that we wanted, and that’s all I wanted was justice.”