CPS slaps more charges on man accused of numerous downtown sexual assaults

Calgary police have doled out more charges against a man accused of a string of sexual assaults in the downtown core.

On April 2, at around 1:40 p.m. in the East Village community, police said the sexual assaults began and a suspect was arrested roughly half an hour later.

At the time, CPS believed a man groped women at random as he travelled through the 600 block of 6 Street S.E. and the City Hall LRT station.

Security camera footage captured images of the suspect entering a nearby grocery store where he is also alleged to have committed additional offences.

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When the initial news release came out on April 7, police said at least five people came forward to report the assaults. A man, whose name was not disclosed by police, was charged with three counts of sexual assault and other charges are pending.

At his court appearance on Wednesday, 35-year-old Riak Wol was charged with eight counts of sexual assault and one count of theft under $5,000.

Wol remains in police custody and will appear in court on May 14.

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