A former hockey coach from Winnipeg has been arrested and charged with sexual assault and child pornography offences after two people came forward to report he assaulted them in their early teens, while they were playing for him, according to Winnipeg police.
Robert Donald Joseph Dawson, 57-years-old, was arrested on Wednesday at a home on Lake Park Drive in Winnipeg. The victims reported the assaults back in June after what they say happened between 1993 and 1995. They were playing within the Assiniboine Park Minor Hockey Association at the time.
The two said they were separately invited to Dawson's home, where they were given money, alcohol, and were sexually assaulted. This coming from Constable Dani McKinnon, Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson.
He's been charged with one count of possessing child pornography and two counts of making, printing, publishing or possession for the purpose of publication child pornography. Dawson also faces two counts each of sexual interference, sexual exploitation, sexual assault and forcible confinement.
He remains in custody and the investigation continues.
