Hamilton police are warning the general public to remain vigilant after a 22-year-old man accused of violent sexual assaults was launched on bail Monday.
After a virtually two-year-long investigation, Leikeze Cheruiyot was extradited to Canada from america in November 2024 after being accused of a number of violent incidents that focused weak individuals.
In July 2022, officers say a girl was dragged off-trail and assaulted whereas strolling within the space of Higher Paradise Street and Donnici Drive. She was allegedly gagged and her wrists had been tied behind her again. Witnesses strolling by the realm interrupted the assault, inflicting the person to run away.
In August 2023, a 74-year-old woman was alone in her house on the west Mountain when an unknown man entered. The person allegedly assaulted her for over an hour earlier than leaving.
In each instances, investigators had been initially unable to determine a suspect. Nonetheless, in January 2024, forensic proof related each assaults to the identical man.
Hamilton police imagine Cheruiyot stays a menace to the group and are taking steps to warn the general public by releasing his picture.
You probably have any extra data that would assist these investigations, please name Det. Const. Ben Kingdon at 905-540-5543 or e mail [email protected].
There isn’t a assured option to stop sexual assault. Particulars on free, confidential assist throughout Ontario will be discovered at sacha.ca or at SACHA’s 24-hour assist line: 905-525-4162.
: Extradited man charged in violent sexual assaults in Hamilton in 2022-23
