Police sexual assault trial sees images of complainant before and after incident
Video shows complainant with 3 accused officers at Westin Harbour Castle the night of alleged assault
The sexual assault trial of three Toronto police officers has seen its first images of the complainant and the accused in the critical moments directly before and after the incident took place.
Leslie Nyznik, Sameer Kara and Joshua Cabero, all officers at 51 Division, are charged with sexually assaulting a female colleague on Jan. 17, 2015.
The footage, taken from security cameras at the Westin Harbour Castle hotel, was viewed in court on Monday, but not released to the media until Tuesday.
In one clip, Nyznik, Cabero and the complainant, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, are seen getting out of a taxi at the Westin Harbour Castle hotel shortly after midnight.
In another piece of footage, the group is seen walking towards an elevator at the hotel.
The time is 12:12 a.m. according to the time code on the footage.
The complainant appears to be smiling and having a conversation with the two officers before entering the elevator.
The assault is alleged to have occurred in a hotel room sometime between 12:20 and 3:30 a.m.
At approximately 3:28 a.m. the complainant can be then seen walking out of the same elevator towards the hotel lobby.
She is then seen from another camera angle appearing to ask a hotel janitor for directions to the taxi valet, where she's then seen, from a distance, speaking with an attendant before getting into a cab.
The court also viewed footage of Kara returning to the hotel earlier in the evening of Jan. 16, 2015.
Kara had been part of a "rookie buy" party along with the other two accused and the complainant taking place at several downtown Toronto bars.
However. Kara become too intoxicated and threw up, the court heard. He was then escorted back to the hotel by another officer.
Kara was in the hotel room when the complainant arrived with Nyznik and Cabero and took part the alleged assault, according to the charges.