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A man charged in five sexual assaults near Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre last summer has pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n
Donovan Mohammed was brought into court by a sheriff’s officer on Friday afternoon and sat quietly in the prisoner’s box, speaking briefly to confirm to his lawyer he was admitting guilt.<\/p>\n
The assaults happened within one hour on the evening of July 2, 2025, within blocks of HSC.<\/p>\n
Mohammed was arrested the next day. He later “made admissions regarding the assaults” to police and “noted he had not been taking his medication,” Crown attorney Andrea Lett read from an agreed statement of facts before provincial court Judge Stacy Cawley.<\/p>\n
After Mohammed was arrested, court heard police found a knife with an eight-inch blade tucked in his waistband, and a visitor slip from Health Sciences Centre from the day of the assaults.<\/p>\n
The assaults all involved strangers, some of whom were nurses leaving work after their shifts. Some of the assaults were also captured on surveillance video, Lett said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victims gave detailed descriptions of Mohammed that were consistent with the video captured, but when presented with a photo lineup, they either did not make a selection or did not select Mohammed, court heard.<\/p>\n
Defence lawyer Sierra Bednarz told court Mohammed advised her he didn’t have a clear memory of what happened, but they’ve reviewed the evidence in the case in detail.<\/p>\n
“And so, based on your review of that evidence, you’re not contesting these allegations. You’re accepting that they happened, is that correct?” Bednarz asked Mohammed.<\/p>\n
“That’s correct,” he replied.<\/p>\n