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Male hairdresser arrested over sexual assault

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Police in Machida, Tokyo, have arrested a 26-year-old male hairdresser on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman in June.

According to police, the suspect, Kohei Sugano, approached the woman on June 14 as she was leaving a library, and said to her, "You're a hairdresser, aren't you?"

The victim, who is a beautician, told police that after Sugano -- whom she does not know -- made the remark, he inquired, “Would you like me to introduce you to a hair salon in Tokyo?”

He then physically attacked her, Fuji TV reported.

Police said Sugano has denied the charges and quoted him as saying, "I don't know anything." However, police said Sugano's DNA put him at the scene of the crime.

Since June of this year, there have been five similar incidents in the vicinity of Machida Station. Police are questioning Sugano about his involvement in those cases.

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Hair-raising.

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I always find the way in which these things are reported as weird.    Police information and so on.  "I don't know anything"??

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A male hairdresser involved in sexual assault against a woman.

Theres something you don't hear every day..

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