Two suspects face numerous charges in Oppenheimer Park assault
The incident, in which a woman was allegedly held in a tent for 15 hours and repeatedly assaulted, highlighted just how dangerous and violent the encampment had become.
Vancouver police say the crime was reported to them, and detectives completed a thorough investigation that resulted in the arrest of two people and multiple charges being recommended, including forcible confinement, sexual assault, assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.Tent city became more violent over time
"And quite often they would encourage the person to go for a walk with them and figure it out and the person would end up coming back a few hours later and, I mean, not be in great condition but probably better condition than if they had been left to deal with that alone." Lorimer Shenher is a former Vancouver police officer and the author of a memoir about his work on the investigation of Robert Pickton, a serial killer who preyed on vulnerable women in the Downtown Eastside.
"Historically those things would happen in the basement of an SRO or an abandoned place that's a little more isolated," he said.
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