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Convicted Sex Offender Facing Additional Charges

A Sarnia man previously convicted of sexual offences involving young boys between 1979 and the early 1990s, is facing additional charges.

City police say Douglas Harold Patrick began serving a 14-and-a-half-year penitentiary term in 2011.

Subsequent to the initial investigation, other victims have come forward and as a result of the most recent complaint by another victim, Patrick was arrested Wedneday and charged with 15 additional sexual assault offences.

Anyone with further information is asked to contact Detective Constable Heather Patterson at 519-344-8861 ext. 6105 or contact Sarnia Lambton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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