A German tourist with a history of sexual offences was charged with sexual assault after groping a woman on the Canada Line yesterday morning.
Transit Police said they received a report of a sexual assault that happened on the SkyTrain between the Yaletown and Vancouver City stations on Monday morning.
The female victim told Transit Police she boarded a northbound train at Yaletown and moved to the center of the full train when she felt unwanted physical contact of a sexual nature and then saw a man’s hand groping her.
The woman said she yelled at the man and told him to get off the train with her at Vancouver City Station, where she reported the incident to the Canada Line attendant.
Wolfgang Goffing was arrested, charged and could be released on $5,000 cash bond. At the time of the announcement, Transit Police said the bond had not yet been posted. If Goffing fails to post bond he will be kept in custody until March 16 when he is set to appear in Vancouver Provincial Court.
Goffing’s passport was not seized by authorities and if he is able to make the cash bond, Goffing will be released and could leave the country, according to Transit Police media advisor Anne Drennan.
The 44-year-old Goffing has a history of sexual offences and was scheduled to return to Germany on March 15.
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