A three-day long sexual assault trial for the former Chief Medical Health Officer for the Interior Health Authority has wrapped up but it will be another month before his fate is decided.

Crown prosecutors in Grande Prairie, Alta. say there is “overwhelming evidence” that Dr. Albert de Villiers sexually assaulted a child multiple times while he was based in the northern Alberta city.

de Villiers has pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexually assaulting a child and one charge of invitation to sexual touching. The judge only trial wrapped up Thursday with closing submissions from Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers.

Crown prosecutors said de Villiers’ defence was “inconsistent” and based on “frail evidence” with court hearing he hosted the now 11-year-old victim – who’s identity is protected by a publication ban – at his home on multiple occasions, and that the doctor was a family friend.

Testifying in his own defence Wednesday, de Villiers denied the allegations, according to reporting by CBC Edmonton, saying that while he and the boy became close, the abuse – which allegedly happened during sleepovers at the de Villiers home – never happened.

The public broadcaster also reports that the de Villiers also believed that he overstepped boundaries and was too involved by acting more like a parent than a friend.

The court also heard about a voicemail that de Villiers left for the boy’s parents, where he apologized for doing something wrong after he realized that he had been blocked on the parent’s phones and on social media.

Defence lawyer Chris Millsap said that while the voicemail “is an apology, it is not an admission of guilt” arguing that some of the allegations brought forward were vague and that its possible that the boy “misremembered” some of what happened.

CBC also reports that Millsap told the judge that the boy likely watched pornography on a tablet while at the de Villiers’ home and made the story up when he felt guilty.

But Crown prosecutor Amber Pickrell retorted that while there were some inconsistencies in the boy’s testimony, he was consistent about the key details regarding the alleged abuse. Pickrell also argued that de Villiers was apologizing for a specific error in his voicemail.

Alberta Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard has reserved her decision until Feb. 7, saying she would take time to review the evidence presented before her.

de Villiers is also set to go on trial in August on separate charges linked to allegations that took place between Jan. 2017 and Dec. 2019.