Police say it happened after a brief interaction in St. Catharines, she suffered serious but non life-threatening injuries
A 19-year old St. Catharines man is facing sexual assault charges after a woman acting as a sex trade worker was stabbed.
Police were called just after midnight yesterday to the Gale Crescent and Frank Street area, to find a woman being treated by EMS for a serious injury, but believed to be non life-threatening.
Police learned the suspect and woman had a brief interaction, before he became violent and assaulted her with a knife.
He fled in grey Ford, but later in the afternoon, police arrested the suspect at a home in the Canterbury and Exeter Drive area, and found the Ford.
Police have charged Braxton Edward Winnik, he had a bail hearing today.
Police add the victim and accused don't know each other.
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