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Hamilton Police are warning the general public after a 22-year-old male accused of violent sexual assaults was just lately launched on bail.
Because of the intensive efforts of investigators, Leikeze Cheruiyot was positioned residing in america and extradited to Canada in November 2024. He appeared at a bail listening to on February 10, 2025, and was launched pending his trial.
These had been violent incidents that focused susceptible victims.
On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at roughly 9:30 a.m., a girl was strolling within the space of Higher Paradise and Donnici Drive when she was approached by an unknown male and dragged off the path right into a wooded space. The sufferer was gagged and her wrists sure behind her again. The male proceeded to assault her, however was interrupted by witnesses strolling by the realm. The suspect fled on foot southbound in direction of Higher Paradise and was later seen on video within the space of Edgehill Drive.
On August 7, 2023, a 74-year-old feminine was alone in her residence on the West Mountain when an unknown male entered her residence and confronted her when she was sleeping. The male assaulted the sufferer for over an hour earlier than leaving the residence on foot. Once more, investigators had been unable to determine the suspect.
In January 2024, forensic proof enabled investigators to attach the 2022 and 2023 assaults to the identical male suspect. Hamilton Police assembled a challenge workforce to determine and find the offender.
By way of the course of the investigation, Hamilton Police detectives have info that make them consider Cheruiyot stays a menace to the group and are taking steps to warn the general public by releasing Cheruiyot’s picture.
You probably have any further info that would assist in these investigations, please name Detective Constable Ben Kingdon at 905-540-5543 or electronic mail at [email protected]. To supply info anonymously name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 of submit your nameless suggestions on-line at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com.
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