Toronto Police have issued a Community Safety Notification to residents of the city after the release of a designated High Risk Offender who will be living here.

Hassan Steven Jarrar, 40 served a 15-year sentence on aggravated sexual assault and assault charges.

He was convicted in a 1997 attack on a woman in a remote are near Lake Ontario.  Police say the victim barely survived, spent months in hospital recovering and had to leard how to eat, walk and talk again.

Jarrar refused to participate in any treatment programs or counseling while in custody.

The Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit has chosen to notify the public about his release because of his high risk to re-offend.

Jarrar faces a few conditions to his release, including:

1) To report in person to Toronto Police weekly.
2) Notify Toronto Police of any change in address, or if he is leaving the Toronto area
3) Nightly curfew