{"id":412302,"date":"2026-01-16T03:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412302\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:41:15","slug":"maple-ridge-city-councillor-charged-with-4-counts-of-sexual-assault-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412302\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Ridge city councillor charged with 4 counts of sexual assault &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A Maple Ridge, B.C., city councillor has been charged with four counts of sexual assault involving two people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last May, Coun. Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed announced <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11177917\/maple-ridge-councillor-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he was taking leave to address \u201cpersonal matters\u201d<\/a> and that he hoped to return to council \u201cat the earliest possible opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors approved criminal charges against Yousef on May 9, with many of the details surrounding the alleged offences covered by publication bans.<\/p>\n<p>Charging documents alleged the incidents happened on dates between January 2015 through March 2024 in Maple Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Following the charges, Claire Hatcher, a senior Vancouver lawyer in private practice, was appointed as a special prosecutor in the case, involving the investigation being conducted by the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment of the RCMP into allegations against Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the charges last May, Mohamed declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'New information on charges against Maple Ridge city councillor'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6P_AHMED_YOUSEF_CHARGES_OM01BHNC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:49<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew information on charges against Maple Ridge city councillor\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11614452\/canadian-citizen-dead-in-iran\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768534875_90_17a4a48ca8cddf2ffeed5f3d293b95a608b73abcd36b5c97a672ed8e6f466b5d.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tA Canadian citizen has \u2018died in Iran at the hands of the Iranian authorities\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11614458\/european-troops-arrive-in-greenland\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CP175628710.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tEuropean troops arrive in Greenland as \u2018disagreement\u2019 with U.S. remains\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is expected to first appear in court on these matters on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the B.C. 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