Offender kept woman captive for weeks
Fredericton man, 43, raped, brutalized former girlfriend, punching her, beating her with belt
A Fredericton man scheduled to stand trial Friday on allegations he brutally beat and sexually assaulted a woman last year instead chose to admit to the horrors he inflicted on her.
The 43-year-old defendant appeared in Fredericton provincial court in person and in custody Friday on a variety of violent charges involving a former girlfriend.
As there’s a publication ban in effect protecting the woman’s identity, the Fredericton Independent isn’t naming the man, given his past relationship with her.
Rather than proceed to trial, though, the offender opted to change his pleas to guilty on all counts.