Bail hearing to continue for Alberta man accused of sexually assaulting five women

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

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This article was published 07/06/2023 (938 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

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.

A rural property is seen Langdon, Alta., Monday, April 10, 2023. A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A rural property is seen Langdon, Alta., Monday, April 10, 2023. A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 7, 2023.

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