Monday, January 18, 2010

Girl sxually assaulted during school trip to park

Police are trying to find the suspect that sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl during a school outing in Scarborough. The girl was with her class in the Livingston Rd. and Guildwood Parkway area at about 1:30 p.m. Friday when she was approached by a man and sexually assaulted. Police say the assault happened despite the fact that there was an adult presence. The adult was with the group but did not realize the assault had taken place. The suspect was later seen walking southbound on Livingston Rd. “Obviously the fact that it’s alleged that a man approached a group of children in the company of an adult and was able to do this is quite brazen,” said Toronto police Const. Wendy Drummond. The suspect is described as "a white male aged 40 to 50, standing six foot to six-foot-four, with a medium build, balding with short grey hair and brown eyes." He was wearing a blue nylon coat with a hood, faded blue jeans and brown, construction-style boots. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.

I feel extremely terrible that something like this could happen, not to mention it was in the middle of the day with many people around, including an adult. Teachers need to watch their students as closely as possible, and obviously, this teacher was not doing their job. If I was a teacher, I would not let my 7-year old students leave a 5 metre distance from me. Child protection has to be the first priority when leaving a school, but this was not the case in this scenario. My condolences are towards the girl's family and friends.

3 comments:

Toby Lym said...

This is just disgusting! Who would ever go out of their way to go and sexually assault a 7 year old child of all is just gross... Also how can the adult with the group not notice the assault! Maybe the adult was apart of the assault

Mike Mildon said...

This is terrible, escpecially since the man hasnt been caught yet. To know such an evil and disgustiong person is still out there gives me the shivers. The thing that i dont understand is where was the adult in all this. the blog clearly states there was an adult there but didnt realize it was taking place,how can you not notice a tall man with a hood on, go right up to one of your kids and assault them. I do not understand but this is a messed upworld we live in.

Borna Kalantar said...

I am surprised that this would happen in the middle of the day and I am also shocked that an adult aged 40 to 50 would sexually assault a 7 year old girl. I hope that the girl will not be scarred by this event.