Man Accused in Sexual Assault on Preteen was Suspect in Killing of 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel

I am told the bail hearing for Tippett is going on right now -- I would be astonished if he made bail. That said, it is a media circus -- for unclear reasons since there is assuredly a publication ban and nothing of any significance can be reported.

Of course, what is being reported now may be wildly erroneous but it is troubling that a suspect in the unsolved murder of 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel would be detained for a nasty crime like this. Police will take some blame, and likely unfairly; they may have suspicions but if they don't rise to a level where a charge works there is precious little they can do.

Suspect in custody after 12-year-old Ont. girl sexually assaulted

Jenny Wagler , Canwest News Service

Published: Wednesday, August 06, 2008

TORONTO - The man arrested in the abduction and sexual assault of a 12-year-old Peterborough girl Wednesday is a convicted stalker who reportedly admitted being a suspect in the 1999 disappearance of a murdered Toronto teenager.

Stanley Tippett, 32, was charged after a girl was abducted in a van as she left a Peterborough birthday party at about 1:30 a.m. She was sexually assaulted, and taken to Courtice High School, said Sergeant Walter DiClemente of Peterborough-Lakefield Police Service.

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