A British Columbia woman is speaking up about women’s safety, consent and police handling of sexual assault cases after a disturbing incident in North Vancouver’s Lynn Canyon Park.

The woman, who has asked not to be identified for her privacy, said she was sexually assaulted while walking the trails around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday and criticized RCMP for their delayed response to her report.

The man allegedly groped her, grabbing her buttocks from behind.

“I felt his fingers dig into that intimate part of my body,” she said. “As soon as that happened I pulled out my camera, I took video of him and I immediately called 911 in order to ask for help.”

In a Tuesday interview, Sgt. Peter DeVries confirmed the woman called 911, the case had not been assigned by the time she called back an hour later, and the RCMP regretted the delays.

“I tried to bring as much attention to what he had done...and let him know this is not okay, and I’m not going to let you do this to me, and you’re not just going to walk away laughing as he did. He was laughing," the woman said about the incident.

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