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A man has been exonerated of a sexual assault that was reported in Regina on June 1.

After two weeks’ investigation, Regina police said Thursday the allegation of sexual assault was unfounded.

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As a result, “the male involved in this interaction will not face sexual assault-related charges in connection with this incident.”

Police said a 23-year-old woman reported a man followed her into the west alley of the 1800 block of Scarth Street and sexually assaulted her before being scared away shortly after the incident began.

“The alleged victim provided a description of the suspect, which assisted police in identifying and locating this male individual,” police said in a news release issued Thursday.

“However, subsequent investigation produced objective, independent evidence which indicated what was described to police in the original report, was not accurate,” it added.

“This evidence, in fact, exonerated the alleged suspect.”

