N.S. man wanted on child sex assault charges arrested in Manitoba | 24CA News
A person from Nova Scotia was sentenced to 9 years in jail after he was arrested in Manitoba in relation to sexual assaults involving a baby.
In a launch, the RCMP mentioned the assaults occurred in Colchester County in 2020.
In April, the Winkler Police Service obtained details about two hitchhiking males, one in every of whom was believed to be from Nova Scotia.
“Winkler officers had knowledge of an abandoned vehicle located the day prior and reported stolen in Nova Scotia. This vehicle was associated to a wanted Nova Scotia man,” the discharge mentioned.
“The hitchhiker was quickly located, identified and arrested.”
The man from Colchester County was remanded into custody. Police consider he was making an attempt to cross into the United States.
The man was taken again to Nova Scotia. In addition to the sexual assault prices, he was additionally charged with motorcar theft and failure to adjust to an endeavor.
According to police, he has since appeared in Truro Provincial Court, the place he was sentenced to 9 years in jail for the sexual assault offences and failure to adjust to an endeavor. He will reappear in court docket in relation to the motorcar theft later this month.
RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay declined to say what number of counts of sexual assault he was charged with. Police are additionally not naming the person attributable to a publication ban and to guard the identification of the sufferer.
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