A man has been charged in relation to a sexual assault that occurred near Picardy Place in July, according to Winnipeg police.
The 20-year-old man was identified through forensic analysis, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release.
After he was identified, an arrest warrant was issued.
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He was already in custody on an unrelated matter at the Headingley Correctional Institution, and was re-arrested Tuesday, police said.
He has been charged with sexual assault and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.
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Those charges are in connection with the July 19 sexual assault of a woman who was walking on Toronto Street, near Picardy Place.
It’s alleged she was grabbed by a stranger who threatened her, and pulled her into a nearby alcove, Winnipeg police said in an earlier news release.
The man reportedly choked, sexually assaulted and robbed the woman.
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