Saanich Police are not considering any charges against a man who made aggressive, sexually explicit comments towards a female jogger, and believe he suffers from mental health issues.
On June 5, officers were called to reports of a man walking in the trails in the 3200-block of Cedar Hill Road and making sexualized comments towards a woman in the area.
A social media post that was shared over 1,000 times provides more explicit details of the encounter.
According to the post, the woman was preparing for an early morning jog along the Cedar Hill Golf Course chip trail when the man, who is known to frequent the area while walking his dogs, approached her.
“He then began to speak to [her] in a sexually aggressive manner and made statements such as: “do you know what kind of evidence is left behind at a sexual assault?”, and pointed to the wall of the rec centre saying, “that’s my semen on the wall”,” reads the post.
The woman reported the incident to Saanich Police who attended the scene but were not able to locate the suspect.
Shortly afterwards, police received another report from a different woman stating that the same man had made verbally aggressive towards her in the area last summer.
On Wednesday, June 10, police were able to identify and locate the suspect. However no arrest was made.
“We have taken steps to involve our mental health team workers on this file, which we believe are the underlying reasons for the man’s actions,” reads a statement from Saanich PD.
No charges are being considered at this time.
