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- several years, and West |

By CHRIS LLOYD
' A man who has been

attacking women | and
grabbing their breasts in the

’ “elevator and parking areas at

Capilano Mall during the
past two months, has also

been molesting women in.

West. Vancouver, police
‘have revealed.

‘There have been at least
four assaults on women in
that municipality and police
in both North and West
Vancouver feel the same
_man is responsible.

West Van Police. have
received reports of two
women being molested on
the beach at Ambleside and

_two more encountering the
Grabber in the parking area
- behind Eaton's store at Park

The News has been told --Ambleside -with. her

that other women have also
been sexually assaulted in
the same area of Park Royal
and Detective John Looije,
says: -

“There’ could be a heck of
a lot more (attacks) than we
knowabout.”

RAN AWAY

Most recent 1
reported in West Van was in

’

the Parkade at Eaton’s on

Saturday. The man grabbed °

a woman employee of the
store while she was-on. the
Stairs, pulled her blouse
open and tried to put his
hand inside. He ran away
when she put up a fight.

Two days earlier, a 35-
year-old West Van woman
had a similar encounter
while on the beach at

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a

daughter.
.She was wearing a
swimsuit and sunbathing and

‘shortly after lying down saw

a person coming towards
her.

“She said it sounded like
somebody pouncing,” says
Detective Looije, “and the
next thing she realized
_somebody had his hands.on
her breasts. -

“She fought him off and
screamed at the top of her
voice and he released his
grip and started to run off.”

Another attack took place
in the parkade behind
Eaton’s May 2 when he
groped a woman in the groin
aréa.

April 28 a woman was |

walking in the Ambleside
area between the concession
stand and the bridge when

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the man tried to pull‘ber
jumpsuit down. "

RCMP in North Van-

couver have been receiving
complaints of similar attacks
every three weeks since
April, with women being
grabbed in the elevator area
of Capilano Mall. -

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for a man'‘aged 25-28, Sft.
Sin. to Sft. Jin. tall, who has
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