BTO co-founder Tim Bachman not guilty of sex charges

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Tim Bachman, who co-founded the iconic Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, was found not guilty Wednesday of sex charges brought by a woman who was a foster child in his home.

A British Columbia judge concluded the testimony of Stacy Bohun, now 24, was unreliable because of inconsistencies in her statements over the years.

“I did not find Ms. Bohun was a deliberately dishonest witness,” the judge said in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.

Bohun testified when she was between the ages of 11 and 14, she was living in Bachman’s home and was in a “sick relationship” with him that involved groping and fondling, but never intercourse. She said Wednesday she was disappointed with the verdict.

Bohun’s name was originally banned from publication, but the judge granted her request when she said she wanted the ban lifted because she wasn’t afraid to talk about it.

Bachman was accused of sexual assault, sexual touching and sexual interference of a person under 14.

Justice Neill Brown noted that the Crown’s evidence fell short of what was needed to convict.

Bachman, 59, has been a Fraser Valley real estate agent for many years.

The Winnipeg-based BTO released its first album in May 1973. In 1974, Bachman left BTO, which eventually sold almost 30 million records worldwide,