Sask. RCMP officer sentenced to conditional discharge after pleading guilty to sexual assault

An RCMP officer with the Buffalo Narrows, Sask.detachment has pleaded guilty to sexual assault and sentenced to a conditional discharge.

Const. Randy McKaywas sentenced on Jan. 20in Dillon, Sask.to a 12-month conditional discharge.He was alsoordered to give a DNA sample.

The incident happened last May at a social gathering in Dillon, which is approximately 500 kilometres north of Lloydminster.

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Police launched a criminal investigation after receiving a complaint on June 1, 2015.

Const. McKay was charged on Oct. 21 with one count of sexual assault.

He was suspended with pay during the investigation.