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Judge urges jury in psychiatrist’s sex assault trial to try again for verdict
CALGARY – A judge has urged a jury to keep trying to reach a verdict in the sexual assault trial of a Calgary psychiatrist.
Justice Donna Shelley was informed Sunday night that the jury was unable to reach consensus on any of the nine charges against Dr. Aubrey Levin (luh-VEEN’).
Shelley told jury members they had taken an oath and asked them to make an honest effort to come to a verdict.
Levin’s co-counsel, Karen Molle (MAH’-lee), once again called on the court to declare a mistrial, saying the jury has already reached an impasse and nothing more can be accomplished.
Levin, who is 74, is charged with assaulting nine of his court-ordered male patients.
The allegations came to light in 2010 after one of the patients came forward with secret videos he recorded during court-ordered sessions with the psychiatrist.
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