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Toronto man gets 8.5 years for two violent sexual assaults

Jaehyun “David” Cho, 33, of Toronto, has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years for a violent sexual assault in Mississauga and Richmond Hill.
Jaehyun “David” Cho, 33, of Toronto, has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years for a violent sexual assault in Mississauga and Richmond Hill. Photo by Stock photo /Getty Images

A 33-year-old Toronto man has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years for a violent sexual assault in Mississauga in 2013 and another in Richmond Hill in 2014, according to York Regional Police.

Jaehyun “David” Cho pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault causing bodily harm and disguise with intent.

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A woman was getting off a transit bus in Mississauga on South Service Rd. — about one kilometre east of Hurontario St. —  around midnight on Sept. 27, 2013, when Cho, who was armed, pulled her into a dark area and sexually assaulted her, according to a police statement.

In the second incident — on Nov. 13, 2014 — a woman got off a transit bus at around 12:30 a.m. at Yonge Street and Canyon Hill Ave. in Richmond Hill when Cho demanded money from her at knifepoint, before pulling the victim into a field and sexually assaulting her.

Investigators had a major breakthrough in the fall of 2021, when the Centre for Forensic Sciences produced a forensic link from an unrelated incident, which ultimately led to identifying Cho.

Police urged anyone with additional information to call 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071.