Edmonton police charge former drama teacher, actor after historic sexual assault investigation – Edmonton

A 49-year-old Edmonton man has been charged in reference to sexual assaults courting again to the early 2000s and police consider there could possibly be extra victims.

On Oct. 26, Edmonton Police Service charged Patrick Charles Howarth with sexual assault and sexual exploitation.

An investigation into a number of alleged sexual assaults in opposition to a feminine sufferer began again in August.

In a information launch issued Tuesday, police stated the alleged assaults happened between March 2006 and September 2007.

Howarth is accused of initiating a relationship and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old woman on a number of events. Through the interval when the alleged assaults happened, police stated he was contracted as an actor and “combat captain” with the Citadel Theatre from March till June of 2006.

Howarth was additionally contracted in an tutorial position throughout the drama division on the College of Alberta from January to March 2007. Police stated on the time of the incidents, he would have been in his mid-30s.

Investigators stated because of Howarth’s former employment and the allegations of sexual assault in opposition to the teenage woman, police have cause to consider there could also be extra victims.

The EPS encourages some other potential victims or anybody with data concerning these incidents to contact them by cellphone at 780-423-4567. Nameless data will also be submitted to Crime Stoppers online.