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Sex assault suspect dies

The man accused of three sexual assaults on the campus of UBC in Vancouver has died in jail.

Information was obtained by CTV Vancouver from the BC Coroners Service.

CTV reports David Singh Tucker was found dead in the Surrey pre-trial facility on Monday.

Barb McLintock with the Coroners Service confirmed Tucker's death, adding only it is under investigation.

Tucker was arrested in connection with a series of sexual assaults at UBC earlier this year.

He was charged with three counts of sexual assault with a weapon, three counts of unlawful confinement, along with one count each of robbery and disguising his face with the intent to commit a crime.

A second man, Yuan Zhi Gao, 23, has been charged with break and enter in connection with the assaults.

                                                                                                                 --files from CTV Vancouver



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