Police searching for suspect after women wakes up to man sexually assaulting her

Hamilton police are searching for a suspect after a woman was woken up Friday morning by a mansexually assaultingher.

Police said the suspect entered the victim's home in the area of King Street West and Sterling Street through a second storey window and proceeded to sexually assault the woman who was asleep at the time.

The woman woke up around 5:45 a.m. police said, adding that the suspect fled when the victimscreamed for help.

While the victim could not obtain much of a description of the suspect, she recalled seeing the person wearing a dark or black hoodie over their head, police said.

The Hamilton Police Service Victims of Crime Unit is asking individuals and witnesses who may have further information to contact detective John Tselepakis at 905-540-5545.