ST.CATHRINES: Paul Bemardo is now facing 46 rape related charges involving 17 alleged victims over the last decade. He is Charged with three additional counts of sexual assault on two more women, including a rape in Misgauge in which police had wrong fully blamed another man, The new charges were announced by Crown Attorney Mary Hall at Bemardo’s court appearance on June 23, Bernardo is also facing two counts of first degree murder in the death of Kristen French, 15, of St Cathrines and Leslie Mahalthy, 14, of Burlington. A preliminary hearing is scheduled to start from October 4 and will take at least a month on the 46 sexual assault charges.
Article extracted from this publication >>July 2, 1993
