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(Continued from page 3) Martin said he believed the investigation began in 1989 and continued into 1990. The investigation never resulted in charges being laid. The couple are claiming the investigation wasn‘t handled properly. The Oakville couple who filed the law suit are not being named in order to protect their son. The suit was launched in the wake of a March 1993 ruling by Ontario‘s Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. The ruling awarded the boy $8,000 after the board was satisfied that, through psychiatric assessment, the victim‘s symptoms were consistent with sexâ€" ual assault. The board found the victim to have been sexually assaulted by the alleged offender and declared him a victim of sexual assault under Section 271 of Canada‘s Criminal Code. Although the case was investiâ€" gated by officers of the Halton Regional Police Service, no charges ever resulted and the alleged offender was reported to have moved out of the area with his wife. Martin said the case remains open. Reports state the Oakville couâ€" ple‘s suit claims that Halton officers assigned to investigate the case Camcorder, clothes stolen from truck An Oakville man who left a bag of clothes and camera equipment in the back of his pickâ€"up truck for 30 minutes in Bronte Monday night, lost the approximate $1,800 of Halton Regional Police said the man parked his 1992 white Ford pickâ€"up on Lakeshore Road West while he went to his boat between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Police said during the 30 minutes someone took the bag containing assorted clothes and an Hitachi camcorder. The "Words Now" ad found on page 21 in the fall classes instruction should have read from $39.95 and not just $39.95. We sincerely regret any inconvenience we may have caused. ® Increase your tax knowlege ® obtain a new skill ® convenient times and locations ore Information Call (416) 881-8008 Ext. 102 ouple say investigation not handled properly BURLINGTON, MILTON STARTING SEPT199 "either intentionally or through their own negligence refused and/or failed to properly and actively investigate" the alleged offender. The plaintiffs further state the alleged abuser has "forever escaped any possibility of a criminal proseâ€" cution and punishment for sexual assaults." Halton police refused this week to release a sixâ€"page letter quoted in media reports from one of its two Jr)* deputy chiefs to the boy‘s parents in which it was said the investigating officers didn‘t execute their duties to the expectations of the adminisâ€" tration of the Halton Regional Police Service. The letter was apparently written in the wake of an internal review. The officers involved, however, were not admonished as the deputy chief decided no further action was necessary. Nor did the province‘s police complaints commission proceed with an investigation in connection to the investigation partially because the case predated the act which granted the commission its authority, said the media report. Martin said officers in Halton‘s Professional Standards Bureau aren‘t making comment on the internal review nor are police releasing any statement on it or the sixâ€"page letter. The three officers named in the suit have since been moved to other duties said Martin, adding the moves weren‘t connected to the investigation. The investigation began after the boy‘s parents discovered the boy had had tape placed across his penis â€" something they later learned is practiced by pedophiles to prevent a child from urinating. 17 ‘3ny y )\ Je