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A 55-year-old man has been arrested after a girl in her early teens was drugged and assaulted over a two-day period in early June at a Selkirk Avenue home, Winnipeg police say.
The girl was walking in a neighbourhood in Winnipeg’s North End in early June, when she was approached by an unknown man who offered her alcohol, police said in Wednesday news release.
She went with the man to a home on Selkirk Avenue, between Main and Salter streets, where she was drugged and sexually assaulted over the course of two days, police said.
The girl managed to flee and went to a nearby location for help.
Police identified the 55-year-old as a suspect, and he was arrested on Monday.
He has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and administering a noxious thing, police said.
They’re asking anyone with information to contact the Winnipeg Police Service child abuse unit at 204-986-3296.
Police also said in their release supports for sexual assault survivors are available, including the Klinic sexual assault crisis line at 204-786-8631 and the Winnipeg Police Service’s victim services unit at 204-986-6350.