Trial hears Mountie, several others watched women have sex while in a jail cell

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A Crown prosecutor has told B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops that an RCMP corporal and several others watched a video monitor showing two women having sex in jail.

Cpl. Ken Brown, who also goes by his middle name Rick, is charged with breach of trust in connection with the alleged incident on Aug. 18, 2010, when he was the acting watch commander.

Crown counsel Winston Sayson says two women were placed in the drunk tank when they began hugging, kissing and having sex, and an officer later learned one of the women was HIV positive.

Defence lawyer Glen Orris says the detachment was chronically understaffed and Brown was not trained as a watch commander.

As many as 17 witnesses are expected to testify at the trial of Brown who has been suspended and remains on paid leave.

Jail guard David Tompkins was placed on one year of probation after pleading guilty to breach of trust, and charges against two other RCMP constables, Evan Elgee and Stephen Zaharia, were dropped.

(Kamloops This Week, CFJC, CHNL)