Fake nurse guilty of sexually assaulting Bay Roberts retirement home resident
CBC
A man who faked his nursing credentials to obtain a job in a Bay Roberts retirement home has been found guilty of sexual assaulting an elderly man under his care.
Christopher Power, 44, was accused by a former colleague of fondling a sleeping resident, a man in his 70s, in August 2020.
The colleague, Jennifer Mercer, testified that she walked in on Power "giggling" as he touched the man's genitals while the victim lay on his bed one night. She told the court earlier this month that Power seemed to enjoy what he was doing, and that the man wasn't aware of the assault.
When Power noticed Mercer standing in the doorway, she said he appeared "startled" and quickly moved away from where he had been positioned.
Mercer said she confronted Power a few minutes later and reported the assault to police that night.
Power was a personal-care attendant at the retirement home at the time, in charge of dispensing medications to residents.
Judge Jacqueline Brazil told the Harbour Grace provincial courtroom Monday that she accepted Mercer's testimony, calling her a credible witness who was capable of directly observing the assault.
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