An eight-man, four-woman jury will begin deliberations Thursday in
a trial for two men charged with forcefully inserting packages
filled with illicit drugs inside a woman to try to smuggle them
into the Sudbury District Jail.
Brad Burleigh, 36, and Raymond Paquette, 25, are on trial on
charges of sexual assault causing bodily harm and numerous drug
trafficking counts. They have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Both men were charged the first week of 2005.
On Tuesday, a physician who is an expert in noticing signs of
sexual assault said the complainant would have shown signs of
trauma if several packages were forcibly inserted as she testified
to.
“The key is the use of the word ‘forcibly’...if the drugs had
been inserted forcibly, some sort of injury may be present,” said
Dr. Darryl Wolski.
After the woman complained she was forced by Paquette to insert drugs inside body cavities, she testified Burleigh took her to local police headquarters with plans to revoke her bail conditions so she would be placed back into custody.
Paquette threatened her physically and wouldn’t stop inserting the
packages, even though she complained about severe pain, she
testified.
Wolski said he reviewed numerous photos and doctors records
about this case before coming to his expert opinion there should
have been some signs of trauma if the drugs were inserted forcibly
as testified to by the complainant.
The Sudbury doctor who examined the woman in hospital said in his report he didn’t notice any signs of trauma or blood during his examination after drugs were removed from her body in four individual packages, said Wolski.
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