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Investigators use DNA to crack decade-old sexual assault case in Guelph

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DNA has linked a man from Brampton to a 10-year-old sexual assault case in Guelph.

Guelph Police Service were called about a sexual assault in the downtown area in March of 2012.

Investigators were told by a female that she had been sexually assaulted in a vehicle after leaving an establishment.

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There were no charges laid at that time.

Investigators say the Centre for Forensic Science were able to confirm the DNA at the scene was that of the Brampton man.

A man, now 39 years old, was arrested last Thursday and was charged with sexual assault.

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He will appear in a Guelph court on Dec. 9.

 

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