Ottawa Sex Assault

• Ottawa police warn of sexual assaults targeting downtown sex workers

  Ottawa police are warning about a series of sexual assaults targeting sex workers in the downtown core that could have been perpetrated by the same man.

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  Oct 1, 2021
  
• Ottawa man charged with child luring, police seeking other victims

  Ottawa police are looking to hear from other possible victims after they charged a 23-year-old man for alleged sexual interference and child luring.

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  Aug 19, 2021
  
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• 3 more sexual assault charges laid against 60-year-old Ottawa man: police

  Police said Thursday that three additional survivors came forward after they first announced the investigation in May looking into incidents dating back as far as 2014.

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  Jun 24, 2021
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• Former Ottawa teacher faces 45 more sex-related charges involving minors

  Ottawa police say they are concerned there may still be more victims of Rick Watkins, also known as Rick Despatie, a former teacher accused of multiple sexual offences.

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  May 26, 2021
• Ottawa police human trafficking unit charges 60-year-old man with sex assault

  The Ottawa Police Service believes there could be other victims after investigators with the human trafficking unit charged a 60-year-old man with sex offences.

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  May 14, 2021
• Montfort hospital worker accused of sexually assaulting patients: Ottawa police

  A 59-year-old man who worked as a personal support worker at Montfort hospital in Ottawa has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, police said Tuesday.

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  Apr 13, 2021
• Lowertown woman sexually assaulted in her apartment: Ottawa police

  Ottawa police are looking for a suspect believed to be in his 50s after a woman was sexually assaulted in her Lowertown apartment earlier in the week.

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  Feb 18, 2021
• Ottawa police looking to identify Billings Bridge sex assault suspect

  Ottawa police are looking to speak with anyone who can lead them to the suspect in a sexual assault incident that occurred at a bus station in December.

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  Feb 11, 2021
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• Police charge Ottawa man, 77, following alleged child sex offences

  Ottawa police say a 77-year-old man is in custody following alleged instances of sexual assault against two young girls in the care of his spouse.

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  Jan 20, 2021
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• Police charge man for alleged sex offences in Ottawa, Quebec dating back to 1970s

  A 64-year-old man is facing a series of charges related to alleged sex offences that took place five decades ago across Ottawa and Quebec, police said Friday.

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  Jan 15, 2021