By Canadian Press

Police announce charges after new evidence found in 1989 sexual assault in Vancouver

Nov 2, 2021 | 1:11 PM

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver believe they have cracked a nearly 33-year-old case involving the sexual assault of a teenager.

Const. Tania Visintin says the assault happened in February 1989, when the young victim was pulled into a car in east Vancouver and attacked.

Some evidence was gathered at the time but the victim was never able to identify a suspect.

Visintin says officers were given new information about the case in 2017.

She says a team of investigators tracked the clues to a 55-year-old man now living in Ottawa and arrested him last month.

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Visintin says the man remains in custody and the B.C. Prosecution Service has now approved charges of sexual assault, assault, uttering threats, forcible confinement and theft under $5,000.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 2, 2021.

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