Winnipeg police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with a sexual assault at Kildonan Park on May 17.
The victim, a woman in her 30s, told police she was in the park with her child when a man sat down next to her, started a conversation, then groped her.
The woman left immediately with her child and wasn’t physically injured. The child was under five years old, said Const. Rob Carver.
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Police arrested a man who lives near the park on Thursday, and said a charge of sexual assault is pending.
His name is not being released until the charges are laid.
“This was a strange situation, in a park, in broad daylight,” said Carver. “It’s an event that concerns the community, concerns community safety.”
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“I personally was sort of stunned,” Carver added.
“Often it’s, it’s the victim is alone or somewhat isolated in an area of the park where there’s not a lot of people.
“For someone to so brazenly approach a mother with her young child and do that is, I think, it’s terrifying for myself as a member of the community, and as a father. I was shocked at that.”
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