A 79-year-old cyclist has been charged with six counts of sexual assault after a three-month police search.
An elderly cyclist who is accused of sexually assaulting women in The Queensway and The West Mall area has been arrested by police.
The 79-year-old man was arrested on January 11 and charged with six counts of sexual assault.
The accused is alleged to have sexually assaulted four women in The Queensway and The West Mall on October 24 and on January 9.
A suspect was arrested after a more than three-month police search.
Another woman is alleged to have been assaulted on November 5 in The Queensway and Islington Avenue area, according to police.
Police said in all the cases the suspect would approach the victim and request a translator application to speak to him.
The man would be close to the victim and then extend his hand for a handshake.
The man appeared for a bail hearing after facing six counts of sexual assault.
“As they were shaking hands, the suspect pulled the victim closer to him and sexually assault her,” 22 Division officers said in a release.
The suspect would flee the area on a grey Raleigh mountain bike, which police had issued a photograph of, along with the accused.
Officers have been searching for the man for more than three months.
The suspect fled on a bicycle after allegedly sexually assaulting six women in The Queensway and Islington Avenue areas.
He is suspected in another case that occurred in the Kipling Avenue and Bloor Street W. area last summer after a woman allegedly suffered a similar assault.
Akshata Ahmetaj, 79, of Toronto, is charged with six counts of sexual assault.
He was slated to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on January 12.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2200, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.