SCOC rejects Delmas sex assault conviction appeal
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A local man convicted three times of sexual assault has lost an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada of his most recent conviction.
Michael Christopher Delmas had argued that his trial judge in Medicine Hat had relied on “stereotypical reasoning” regarding a previous sexual relationship he had with a woman who accused Delmas of forcing himself on her four years ago.
Canada’s top court dismissed the appeal by a 6-1 count on Dec. 2.
Delmas was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison for the sexual assault, which occurred in Medicine Hat in April 2015. Having been incarcerated since that time, and considering time already served, he was released two months after the July 2019 sentencing.