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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Woman sexually assaulted at Stanley Park

35-year-old man arrested after sexually assaulting, robbing a woman at Stanley Park: Vancouver PD

May 20, 2025 | 12:00 PM

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police say a 35-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with multiple offences after a woman was allegedly attacked, robbed, and sexually assaulted by a stranger in a Stanley Park bathroom.

In a statement, Vancouver Police say they responded shortly before 11 a.m. Monday (May 19) after a witness saw a suspicious man entering the women’s changing room near the Second Beach pool. When VPD officers arrived, they found a woman in her 40s who had been robbed and violently assaulted.

Officers located a suspect nearby and apprehended him before taking him into custody.

The victim received treatment at hospital.

Hartley Ronald Duckhorn, 35, is now charged with the following criminal offences:

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• Assault by choking
• Unlawful confinement
• Sexual assault with a weapon
• Robbery
• Uttering threat to cause death or bodily harm

Police say he remains in custody pending a bail hearing.