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Man, 43, faces charges of sexual assault, interference involving girl

A man has been charged with sexual assault involving a teenage girl in Winnipeg.

Victim told Winnipeg police man who befriended her over the past year sexually assaulted her on Sunday

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A 43-year-old man has been arrested after a teenage girl told police she was sexually assaulted on Sunday at a home in Winnipeg's St. John's neighbourhood.  (Radio-Canada)

A man has been charged with sexual assault involving a teenage girl in Winnipeg's St. John's neighbourhood. 

The girl told Winnipeg police that last year, she was befriended by a man, who invited her to a home on Cathedral Avenue near Salter Street and gave her drugs.

On Sunday, the girl was invited to the home, where she was given drugs and sexually assaulted by the man, police said in a news release Thursday. 

She left the home and reported the incident to police. 

The man, 43, has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. He was detained in custody. 

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