Close X
Friday, January 17, 2025
ADVT 
National

RCMP Lay Charges Against Surrey, B.C., Man Nearly 5 Years After Sexual Assault

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Mar, 2017 11:48 AM
  • RCMP Lay Charges Against Surrey, B.C., Man Nearly 5 Years After Sexual Assault
SURREY, B.C. — RCMP have laid charges almost five years after a woman was sexually assaulted in Surrey, B.C.
 
Cpl. Scotty Schumann says the victim was physically and sexually assaulted near Unwin Park, in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood, on June 2, 2012.
 
Schumann says in a news release that the woman did not know her attacker and was threatened with death during the assault.
 
Officers from Surrey RCMP's Special Victims Unit worked with forensic experts to examine evidence collected during the initial investigation, and the results led them to a suspect.
 
 
Forty-six-year-old Surrey resident Timothy Wyslouszil has been charged with five offences, including sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault causing bodily harm and choking or suffocating while committing sexual assault.
 
He remains in custody while awaiting his next court date.

MORE National ARTICLES

Indian-American Lawmakers Slam Trump's Immigration Order

Indian-American lawmakers slammed US President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration at an Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Victory Fund conference here.

Indian-American Lawmakers Slam Trump's Immigration Order

Tories Criticize Trudeau Over Letter To Fox, Say The Pm Has Better Things To Do

OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are criticizing the Prime Minister's Office for complaining to Fox News about a tweet identifying the suspect in the Quebec City mosque shooting as "Moroccan."

Tories Criticize Trudeau Over Letter To Fox, Say The Pm Has Better Things To Do

Blood-Spattered Quebec Mosque Opens Doors After Weekend Shooting

Blood-Spattered Quebec Mosque Opens Doors After Weekend Shooting
Members of the city's Muslim community walked over thick, crusts of blood dried into the carpet of their mosque on Wednesday as they returned to the scene of last weekend's carnage where six men were shot to death.

Blood-Spattered Quebec Mosque Opens Doors After Weekend Shooting

Calgary Man Who Killed Tenants' Dog Over Rent Dispute Sentenced To 1 Year

Calgary Man Who Killed Tenants' Dog Over Rent Dispute Sentenced To 1 Year
Robert Nicholson was also given 18 months of probation, banned from owning animals or weapons for five years and ordered to undergo counselling.

Calgary Man Who Killed Tenants' Dog Over Rent Dispute Sentenced To 1 Year

Trudeau Abandons Promise To Change Voting System In Time For 2019 Election

Trudeau Abandons Promise To Change Voting System In Time For 2019 Election
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is abandoning his long-held promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections.

Trudeau Abandons Promise To Change Voting System In Time For 2019 Election

Acquittal In 'Knees Together' Retrial Will Harm Sex Assault Victims: Experts

Acquittal In 'Knees Together' Retrial Will Harm Sex Assault Victims: Experts
Alexander Wagar was found not guilty a second time on Tuesday in a trial ordered as a result of controversial comments by the original judge in 2014.

Acquittal In 'Knees Together' Retrial Will Harm Sex Assault Victims: Experts