N.S. principal charged with sexual assault

Posted Dec 16, 2011 04:45:13 PM.

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A school board in Nova Scotia says a principal at one of its high schools has been charged with sexual assault.

The Annapolis Valley Regional School Board issued a statement today saying Doug Keyes, principal at Avon View High School in Windsor, has been placed on administrative leave.

RCMP say the charge was laid after an investigation into a complaint they received last month.

Sgt. Tom Murdock says the complaint stemmed from an alleged assault in 1998, but he declined to offer details, citing privacy concerns.

Keyes, from Gypsum Mines, has also been charged with sexual touching, breach of trust, using a computer system with intent to commit an offence and producing a false document.

He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Windsor on January 3rd.

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