Woman in hospital after being assaulted in West Kelowna

A man is in custody after assaulting a woman on a sidewalk in the 2500 block of Main Street in West Kelowna at about 3:20 p.m. yesterday, Dec. 2.

By the time West Kelowna RCMP arrived the man had fled the scene but, after a short foot chase, he was nabbed and arrested for aggravated assault.

The woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

“Investigators to not believe this was a random incident and the parties were known to one another,” reads an RCMP news release.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call West Kelowna RCMP at 250-768-2880 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by leaving a tip online at www.crimestoppers.net.

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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics