Sexual assault on trail
GUELPH – Guelph Police are investigating after a young woman reported being sexually assaulted by a stranger last Tuesday while using a south-end trail.
At about 1pm on Oct. 1, police were called to a business on Gordon Street near Clair Road.
“A woman in her 20s reported she had been walking to work on a trail within the Pine Ridge subdivision when she noticed a male approaching from behind her on a bike,” police stated in an Oct. 2 press release.
“She said she stepped to the side to give him room, but as the male passed he touched her inappropriately. The victim was not physically injured.”
Police described the man as white with dirty blonde shoulder-length hair, wearing a black backpack and riding a black bicycle.
Anyone with information can contact Constable Mackenzie Sissing at 519-824-1212, ext. 7553 or msissing@guelphpolice.ca. To leave an anonymous tip for Crime Stoppers call 1-800-222-TIPS or leave an anonymous tip at csgw.tips.
