Pants puller back in court

Posted Sep 15, 2014 08:10:13 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

OTTAWA – The man dubbed ‘the pants puller’ is back in court Monday, in connection with an incident that occurred May 31 while he was out on bail.

Gavin Sean Griffiths, 28, admitted to groping five women in one day while riding his bike along the paths by the Rideau River.

The court date follows a court ordered psychiatric assessment.

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