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By The Canadian Press
Court

Bail hearing to continue later in June for man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting five women

Jun 7, 2023 | 6:11 PM

CALGARY – A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month.

Richard Robert Mantha, who is 59, faces numerous charges involving five women that include kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault causing bodily harm and administering a noxious substance.

His bail hearing started Wednesday in Court of King’s Bench, but the details are covered by a publication ban.

It is to continue on June 22.

Police have said the women allege they were approached by a man, then drugged and taken to another location, where they were physically and sexually assaulted.

Mantha was charged after officers cordoned off a property east of Calgary in April and brought in cadaver dogs, but police said at the time that no bodies were found.

(The Canadian Press)

by The Canadian Press