Police charge Brampton CPR instructor with sexual assault

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A 65-year-old Brampton CPR instructor has been charged with sexual assault involving of a participant in a course he led, Peel Regional Police said in a news release Friday.

Police say there may be more victims in the case

Saloni Bhugra · CBC News ·

A Peel Regional Police shoulder patch is seen in Mississauga on July 1, 2023.
Peel police say they have charged a Brampton man with sexual assault and that the alleged victim was a participant in a CPR course he led. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press)

A 65-year-old Brampton CPR instructor has been charged with sexual assault involving a participant in a course he led, Peel Regional Police said in a news release Friday. 

Investigators from the Special Victims Unit said the man was teaching a course near Kennedy Road and Clarence Street in Brampton, and allegedly sexually assaulted a female participant in late July. 

Police say there may be more victims and they are asking them to come forward. 

The suspect was released on bail, police said, and he is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Peel police’s Special Victims Unit or Crime Stoppers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saloni Bhugra joined CBC News as a Donaldson Scholar in May 2022. She has since worked with News Network, World Report, World This Hour, and CBC Calgary. Bhugra established a permanent CBC bureau in Lethbridge until she returned to Toronto and started working with Metro Morning. Bhugra is now CBC’s Brampton bureau reporter. Contact her by email at Saloni.bhugra@cbc.ca.

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