A 45-year-old man wanted in connection with a gunpoint sexual assault in the downtown core and an armed robbery at an east-end restaurant earlier this month has been arrested in Montreal, police say.

The suspect is accused of approaching a 28-year-old woman from behind and holding her at gunpoint near Alexander Street and Yonge Street just before midnight on Nov. 6. Police allege the suspect then forced the woman to walk to the rear of a building before he sexually assaulted her and fled the scene.

A week later, it was further alleged the suspect entered a restaurant near King Street and Sherbourne Sreet, pulled out a handgun, and demanded cash from an employee.

Brennan Wayne Guigue was arrested by the Montreal Police Service on Saturday just after 8 p.m.

He will be appearing in a Montreal court for a bail hearing on Monday morning.

With files from Brennan Doherty