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Penticton Healer Who Assaulted Client Will Not Be Sentenced Until New Year

  • An Indigenous healer named Donald Wayne Ashley was found guilty of common assault by a jury on August 29, 2025, after a trial lasting over a month.
  • Ashley was found guilty of common assault against the first survivor but acquitted of two other charges after a month-long trial.
  • On March 6, 2025, the Syilx Chiefs of the Okanagan Nation Alliance passed a resolution banning Ashley from their land and criticized the Canadian legal system.
  • The Syilx Chiefs of the Okanagan Nation Alliance issued a resolution banning Ashley from their land and events on March 6, 2025.
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Penticton healer who assaulted client will not be sentenced until new year

A First Nation healer convicted of assaulting one of his longtime clients during a traditional healing session more than two years ago in Penticton won’t find out his punishment for several more month

·Kelowna, Canada
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Sentencing date set for Indigenous healer's Penticton assault charge

Donald Wayne Ashley was originally charged with sexually assaulting six women in 2022

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Brantford judge voices concerns about Gladue efforts at man's sentencing hearing

A local Indigenous man waived his right to have a Gladue report about his life or to arrange a judicial ‘sentencing circle’ in order to get to prison and work on his rehabilitation.

·Ontario, Canada
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Ashley will be sentenced Aug. 29 in Penticton court

A First Nations healer found guilty of assaulting one of his clients during native healing sessions almost three years ago will have his sentencing hearing at the Penticton courthouse on

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Brantford Expositor broke the news in Ontario, Canada on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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