Sentencing nears as ex-Woodstock mayor opts against push for mistrial

The beleaguered former mayor of Woodstock will face sentencing, not a third mistrial application, early next year for two sexual assault convictions.

The beleaguered former mayor of Woodstock will face sentencing, not a third mistrial application, early next year for two sexual assault convictions.

Trevor Birtch, 50, was convicted by Superior Court Justice Spencer Nicholson last January of sexual assaulting a vulnerable 40-year-old woman with mental health and addiction issues and whose identity is protected by court order, after a trial during which she testified to being forced into unwanted sexual activity while high and drunk.

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The Crown indicated at an earlier court date after Birtch was convicted that it will be seeking a prison sentence. The sentencing, however