An Edmonton man accused of being a rapist has been returned to Canada in shackles from Australia. 24 year old Nicholas Lemont has been accused of committing sexual assault against a 19 year old female, and the crime occurred almost three years ago in a home in McCauley. Lemont was recently arrested in Australia, and he was returned to Alberta in shackles to face numerous charges which are serious. On June 22, 2012, at approximately 1 am in the morning, a young woman was attacked after a male broke into her home in the inner city. The man was wearing a disguise during the crime, and the female victim who was assaulted had to be treated at a local hospital for her injuries. Edmonton police from the sexual assault unit took the investigation and identified Lemont as a person of interest.

After the suspected Edmonton rapist was listed as a person of interest Lemont left for Australia, and the Canadian government requested an extradition after a country wide arrest warrant was issued for him on January 24. Lemont was arrested by the Australia Federal Police and taken into police custody in Cairn. Once in custody Lemont was transferred to Sydney, where two officers from Edmonton too charge of the suspect and escorted him on the rest of the trip back to Alberta in shackles. One of the officers who acted as the escort from Australia was Officer Dalziel, who said “It’s very rare that we would go internationally to look for someone, but I think that we have set some precedent here. I guess the message here is it doesn’t matter where you go. EPS can track you down internationally and we will bring someone back for charges as significant and serious as these ones. He was in Australia. To me that looks like there was effort to not be here in Canada to face some pretty serious charges.”