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Man arrested following alleged repeated sexual assault of teen girl in downtown Toronto

Police arrested Andrew Martin Morris, 26, of Toronto. Handout / Toronto Police

Toronto police have arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted a teen girl twice at a parkette in the downtown core.

Police said a 16-year-old girl was walking in McGill Parkette in the area of Yonge and Gerrard streets on Wednesday when she was allegedly approached by a man and sexually assaulted before the suspect fled the area.

Investigators said the victim was walking in the parkette at 5:30 a.m. Thursday when the same man returned.

She was allegedly sexually assaulted again before the suspect fled the area, police said.

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Police have since arrested and charged Andrew Martin Morris from Toronto with two counts of sexual assault and one count of failing to comply with recognizance.

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He was scheduled to appeared in a Toronto courtroom on Sunday.

WATCH: Toronto police search for suspect in connection with sexual assaults dating back to 2015 (Aug. 15, 2019)

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With files from Ryan Rocca 

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