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Sexual Assault On Napier Street: VPD Asks Community To Report Suspicious Behaviour

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 21 Jun, 2016 01:07 PM
  • Sexual Assault On Napier Street: VPD Asks Community To Report Suspicious Behaviour
Vancouver Police are encouraging the community to report suspicious behaviour following the sexual assault of a woman on Napier Street early Sunday morning.
 
On June 19th around 2:00 a.m., a woman was walking on Napier Street near Victoria Drive, when an unidentified man approached her from behind, pushed her to the ground, and sexually assaulted her. She managed to scream and fight off her attacker, who walked away.
 
The man was white, 35- to 45-years-old, 6’2″ tall, weighed 200 pounds, had short, brown hair with a receding hairline, and a full red beard. He was wearing a dark-coloured hoody, a dark shirt, dark camouflage cargo pants, and possibly boots.
 
Anyone with information about this sexual assault is asked to call the Vancouver Police Sex Crimes Unit at 604-717-0602 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222 8477.

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