Yellowknife man allegedly groped woman outside gas station

RCMP say aman has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping a woman at the Mac's gas station in Yellowknife.

Yellowknife RCMP say the assault happened when 41-year-old Frank James Mannilaq tried to enter the woman's vehicle after asking for a cigarette.

Mannilaqwas arrested and charged at the gas station just after 5:00 p.m. onFriday.

According to a transcript of his last sentencing, he has a lengthy criminal record that includes five previous convictions for sexual offences.

In 2012 he was sentenced to almost three years in jail for a drunken attack on a woman at a motel in the city.

According tothe transcript,Mannilaq has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

He has committed most of his crimes while intoxicated andhas been living on the streets of Yellowknife for years.

In January the RCMP gave him a 200-dollar ticket for having open liquor in a public place.A justice of the peace dismissed the charge.

Mannilaqwill makehis first appearance in Yellowknife court today.