Alleged Sex Offender Appearing In Court

A Nain man is facing numerous serious criminal charges.

We spoke with Corporal Rick Mills, the Labrador District Media Liaison with the Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP.

He says a 20 year old man from Nain was arrested on February 26th, 2015 and was formally charged by the RCMP.

This was as a result of an extensive investigation into a number of separate complaints of a sexual nature within the community.

Mills says the details of the investigation, including the accused and victim’s identities, is protected by a court ordered publication ban.

The ban was imposed at an arraignment on February 26th, 2015.

The accused is appearing in provincial court in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this afternoon at 1:30pm following a remand period.

No further details are available for release at this time.