More details are coming to light of the charges against 59-year-old Richard Mantha, the man accused of drugging, kidnapping and sexually assaulting sex trade workers from Calgary.
According to court documents, the charges connected to the property search east of Chestermere, Alta., stem from his interactions with three alleged victims.
For the first alleged victim, Mantha is accused of sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement and administering a noxious thing.
With the second alleged victim, he is accused of kidnapping/confinement, administering a noxious thing, sexual assault with a weapon, and threats of causing death or bodily harm.
Mantha is alleged to have committed the crimes in relation to those two victims in April 2022.
The charges that allegedly stem from interactions with the third victim come from a much wider time range of August 2021 to November 2022. With that victim, Mantha is accused of sexual assault, unlawful confinement, threats of cause death or bodily harm and pointing a firearm.
A charge dated April 8, 2022, alleges Mantha committed a sexual assault while choking, strangling or suffocating the third victim.
None of these charges have been tried in court.
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