Overview
- RCMP swore the charges on Feb. 24, formalizing counts arising from an Oct. 3 incident linked to an alleged hazing on an under-15 team.
- Each accused faces sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon, with court documents alleging a mini hockey stick was used.
- One boy is additionally charged with assault with a weapon described as urine, allegedly occurring between Oct. 1 and late December in the Truro area.
- The youths were 14 at the time of the alleged offences and are now 15, and their identities, as well as those of the complainants, are protected by law.
- Both were arrested on Feb. 3 and released on undertakings that bar contact with three complainants and restrict entry to public dressing rooms without an adult; RCMP say the broader investigation that identified four youths remains active.