A two-day trial is set to start this morning in Corner Brook, for an RNC constable accused of several assaults against her partner.
Const. Noelle Laite is charged with assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and assault by choking, suffocating or strangling.
It’s alleged the offences occurred in Pasadena while the officer was off-duty, between September of 2020 and January of this year. That’s when the province’s serious incident response team, or SIRT-NL, first got wind.
The civilian-led police watchdog investigated and laid the first charges under its mandate in March.
Despite that, Laite was one of 20 officers awarded the Chief of Police Commendation by the RNC in June of this year.
She has remained on the job since charged, but assigned administrative duties.