A man who violently sexually assaulted a young Lethbridge woman one-and-a-half years ago is expected to learn his fate on Wednesday.
On Sept. 8, 2017, 21-year-old Denzel Bird pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and break and enter.
In the early morning of Sept. 30, 2016, Bird attacked a 25-year-old woman as she was walking to work along 6 Avenue S.
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Court heard that Bird hit the woman over the head with a metal pipe before dragging her to a nearby alley where he sexually assaulted her.
She was later found by two men who noticed her hanging halfway out of a garbage can.
The woman spent months in hospital before she was released and now has no memory of the attack.
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A pre-sentence report and Gladue report were both ordered last September, following Bird’s guilty plea.
His sentencing was initially scheduled for January but was delayed due to a backlog in psychiatric assessment beds.
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