Convicted sexual offender Garry Edwards Jr. is charged with breaking into a University of Manitoba dorm building and assaulting a woman.Photo by Winnipeg Police Service

Manitoba student sexually assaulted after known sex offender allegedly breaks into her dorm room

Suspect Garry Edwards Jr. was previously convicted of two sexual assaults. Authorities issued a warning upon his release that said: 'All females, both adults and children, are at risk'

by · National Post

A convicted sex offender Winnipeg police warned the public about on two occasions since last year has again been accused of a violent sexual offence against a woman in the city.

Early Friday morning, the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) said officers were called to a break-in and assault at a University of Manitoba south campus housing building where a woman reported that a man entered her room while she slept and physically assaulted her.