Base Gagetown sex-assault trial dates set

Case of Joshua Charchuk, 37, of Dartmouth, N.S., goes before judge alone in Nov. 2025

Testimony about an alleged sexual assault at Base Gagetown in Oromocto seven years ago will be heard in superior court next fall.

The case of Joshua Charchuk, 37, of Parker Street in Dartmouth, N.S. - who faces an indictable charge of sexual assault alleged to have occurred at Base Gagetown on Sept. 29, 2017 - was on the Court of King’s Bench docket Monday to schedule the trial.

The sign at the main entrance of Base Gagetown. (Photo: Submitted/Sailor 3rd Class Alyssa Jackson, 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown)

Charchuk had previously elected to be tried by a King’s Bench judge alone, without a jury.