The Yarmouth County Vangaurd
KENTVILLE, Nova Scotia — The first trial for a suspended paramedic accused of sexually assaulting six female patients, including one East Hants woman, is underway in Windsor.
James Duncan Keats, 48, was in provincial court Sept. 29 for the start of a two-day trial focusing on alleged sexual assaults involving a Mount Uniacke woman. The trial will resume Friday, Oct. 3.
The Kentville man is accused of sexually assaulting the woman on two occasions: once in the back of an ambulance in September 2012 and while responding to a call for assistance in her home in May 2013.
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