After six years and three different trials, suspended RNC Constable Doug Snelgrove has been found guilty of sexual assault in 2014.

It was a long road to get to the verdict.

The assault happened in 2014 and Snelgrove was arrested in 2015. His 2017 trial ended in a not guilty verdict, but that was overturned on an appeal due to a judge’s error in instructing the jury.

The second trial ended in a mistrial when the judge wrongly dismissed two jurors.

Then, yesterday as protestors rallied outside the Supreme Court building downtown, it was revealed that the jurors had sent a message to the judge on Friday night saying they could not come to a unanimous decision.

The jury went back to deliberations and about 4 and a half hours later, as the mounting tension could be felt in the courtroom, the jury delivered their verdict of guilty.

Crown Prosecutor Lloyd Strickland says he is “relieved” with the outcome.

Strickland believes justice has been served, and he says the law has been served as well because four years ago they weren’t allowed to make the argument that Snelgrove breached his duty negated the victim’s consent.

He says they went to the Supreme court of Canada, who told them they could make that argument.