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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Dr. Aubrey Levin: Former forensic psychiatrist opts not to testify at his sexual assault trial. Reporter Daryl Slade. Calgary Herald.


STORY: "Aubrey Levin opts not to testify in his own defence,"  by reporter Daryl Slade, published in the Calgary Herald, on January 16, 2013.

GIST: "Former prominent forensic psychiatrist Dr. Aubrey Levin has opted not to testify in his defence of nine counts of sexually assaulting male patients, most of them under his court-ordered care, between 1999 and 2010. Chris Archer, lawyer for vthe 73-year-old Levin, abruptly closed his case on Wednesday morning when he told the seven-man, four-woman jury that he was not calling any further evidence. The defence only called one witness in the four-month-old trial, a forensic analyst in audio-visual and digital data, who spent the last two days on the stand. Archer then presented some documents to the jury on Wednesday, related to the initial complainant RB’s criminal convictions, then closed. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Donna Shelley then sent the jury home and told them to return next week for final arguments. Archer and co-counsel Karen Molle will give their final submissions to the jury on Monday. Crown prosecutors Bill Wister and Dallas Sopko will argue on Tuesday. Shelley then set Friday, Jan. 25 to give her final instructions on the law to the jury.........he only time the jury saw Levin give evidence was when his videotaped statement to police after his arrest was played in court. Levin claimed he was doing medical procedures on the patients to help them with sexual dysfunctions."
The entire story can be found at:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Aubrey+Levin+opts+testify+defence/7828788/story.html

See Calgary Herald earlier story. (January 15, 2013: "The videos recorded on a spy watch camera by an alleged sexual assault victim of former forensic psychiatrist Dr. Aubrey Levin were not tampered with in any way, an expert testified on Tuesday."

The entire story can be found at:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Expert+Levin+trial+confirms+watch+video+tampered+with/7824151/story.html#ixzz2ICTFu9pz

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