Sex offender dubbed 'the pants puller' now in Halifax area

A convicted sex offender dubbed "the pantspuller" is now living in the Halifax Regional Municipality, police said Thursday.

Gavin Sean Griffiths, 29, of Ottawa is ahigh risk to reoffend, Halifax Regional PoliceConst. Dianne Woodworth said in a statement.He has assaulted women with whomhedid not haverelationships, shesaid.

The repeat offender has served time formultiple sexual assaults and other crimes dating back to 2005.

In 2014, he was charged with three counts of sexual assault for incidents along Rideau River paths in Ottawa.

That waswhile he was on probation after a 2012 spree of pulling down women's pants, for which he pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual assault.

Griffiths indicated earlier in May he would be moving to Nova Scotia, possibly to live in Antigonish.

He will be on probation for two years, during which he must undergo counselling and refrain from contacting certain people and possessing weapons.