Richard Neil, who is accused of committing over 20 historical sexual assaults against children in Ontario in the 1990s, will be granted bail and will return to Vancouver Island.
Police in Ontario arrested and charged 65-year-old Neil on March 3. He faces charges of sexual assault, uttering death threats, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual interference, administering noxious things with intent, kidnapping, forcible confinement and invitation to sexual touching.
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