The Suspect Spoke In An Accent, According To Victim!

The suspect is described as an East Indian (Indo-Canadian-South Asian) male in his late 20s to mid-40s, 5-5 to 5-8 tall with brown eyes and a dark brown, well-groomed beard. He wore dark pants, a light coloured shirt, and a turban, and spoke with an accent.

By R. Paul Dhillon

SURREY – Surrey RCMP released a composite sketch of the Indo-Canadian man wanted in the alleged sexual assault of a realtor at Surrey Open House Saturday

A female real estate agent was sexually assaulted while holding an open house in North Surrey around 4:10 p.m Saturday afternoon.

According to police, the woman managed to fight the unknown man off, and the suspect fled from the home. The victim did not sustain any injuries from the incident.

"She managed to fight him off and he fled," said Sgt. Alanna Dunlop with Surrey RCMP. "We conducted an investigation and searched the area very thoroughly but could not locate this male."

The Surrey RCMP conducted a thorough search of the area, but the suspect male was not located.

The suspect is described as an East Indian (Indo-Canadian-South Asian) male in his late 20s to mid-40s, 5-5 to 5-8 tall with brown eyes and a dark brown, well-groomed beard. He wore dark pants, a light coloured shirt, and a turban, and spoke with an accent.

The investigation is active and is in the early stages. Investigators would like to hear from anyone that has any information about this sexual assault, and are seeking the assistance of the public to help identify the male suspect.

Anyone with any information about the sexual assault is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

In October, 2007 another female real estate agent was showing a property in Surrey to two men she thought were prospective buyers but instead, was tied up and robbed before she was able to free herself and run to a nearby home for help.

A guide on its website recommends planning escape routes and jotting down licence plate numbers.

Surrey Realtor Sharon Tucker told CBC News she has been selling homes for 30 years and while she's never had a bad open house experience, she always plays it safe.

"I really believe that you should have someone with you all the time," Tucker told CBC
News.

"The buddy system is something that I've always done over the years. So I tell someone, a specific someone, where I'm going to be for what time and when I'll be finished. That person either contacts me or I contact them at the end of the open house to make sure that I am safe at the end of the open house."