A Coquitlam man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at Lougheed Town Centre in November 2014.
On Nov. 24, 2014, a teenaged girl reported to Transit Police a man approached her at the Lougheed mall bus loop and touched her and made inappropriate comments towards her, according to a media release from Transit Police.
The girl alleged the man then followed her onto a bus and sexually assaulted her before he disembarked, the release added.
Three days later, the suspect, John Walter Sebela, was arrested at his home in Coquitlam. He has been in custody ever since.
Sebela has a long criminal history and is a registered high-risk offender.
Last week, Sebela pled guilty to the Nov. 24, 2014 assault in court. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 25.
