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Crichton given conditional sentence in sex assaults KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Former Cowichan Valley physiotherapist Campbell Ernest Crichton was handed a two-year conditional sentence on April 17, nearly five months after he was convicted of five counts of sexual assault. Crichton’s sentence of two years less a day will require him to abide by a curfew, confining him to his Mill Bay home between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. for the first year, and 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the second year. He also has a 10-year firearm prohibition and must pay a victim surcharge of $100 for each count, along with a two-year probation order with several conditions. Crichton practiced physiotherapy in the Valley between 1992 and 2011. The assaults were first reported in March of 2011, after which dozens of women came forward with accusations. He was initially charged with 22 counts of sexual assault when his trial began in June.
A crash between a car and a truck at the intersection of Bench Road and the Trans Canada Highway claimed one life on Friday. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
Crash kills Cobble Hill woman KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
A 78-year-old Cobble Hill woman died last Friday afternoon as a result of injuries she suffered in a traffic collision earlier that day. Roberta Louise Calverley was the passenger in a 2003 Hyundai Accent driven by her 57-year-old
daughter, also from Cobble Hill. The car was travelling north on the Trans-Canada Highway when it struck a 1994 Mazda pickup truck at the intersection with Bench Road. As the Hyundai entered the intersection, it was unable to avoid the pickup, which was
attempting to turn left onto Bench Road from the southbound lane of the highway, and the 64year-old Duncan man driving the truck was unable to get out of the way. The driver and passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were all taken to Cowichan Dis-
trict Hospital for treatment, where Calverley died later in the day. Both vehicles were damaged beyond repair. The B.C. Coroner’s Service, South Island Traffic Services and the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP continue to investigate the crash.
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