SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - A man who's been convicted of fondling two underage girls will undergo a 30-day forensic psychiatric analysis in Toronto, Ont., this December.

Bobby Kudlak, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault in Supreme Court in July, and Crown prosecutor Janice Walsh is trying to get him registered as a dangerous offender.

"We're looking at dates in May for possibly setting the (dangerous offender application) hearing," said Walsh after a bail review for Kudlak on Monday.

Every 90 days Kudlak has the right to have a statutory bail review, but defence lawyer Thomas Boyd usually applies to have the reviews waived. Boyd was working in other communities last week and was unable to waive the review in time - therefore the review proceeded and Kudlak was not granted bail.

Walsh read the agreed statement of facts to the court on July 26.

On July 16, 2009, a group of young girls were playing hide-and-go-seek in the Yellowknife Public Library. One girl, whose age was not stated in the facts, put a large bean bag over her upper body, hiding as part of the game.

She felt something brush against the back of her knee, then her upper thigh, and then she felt it touch her vaginal area.

Walsh told the court the girl "tried to kick away what was touching at her and she kicked a man's arm."

She immediately got up and out from under the bag to see a "very short male" walking away quickly. She went straight to the front desk and told the librarian what happened. The librarian "was certain it was Kudlak ... (who) had been in the library earlier that day," said Walsh.

The girl's father and the RCMP were called.

Another girl who was playing hide-and-go-seek saw the incident happen and identified Kudlak out of a photo line-up.

On Dec. 8 in Ndilo, a teacher spotted a young girl, one of his students, sitting alone looking at newspapers. When he approached her, she pointed to the front page, which displayed a picture of Kudlak. She told her teacher Kudlak had touched her inappropriately when she was 10 years old and living in Yellowknife with her parents.

Kudlak had been family friends with her father and often slept at their home as he had no place to live at the time. One morning on or between Aug. 15 and Sept. 30, 2005, she awoke to find Kudlak fondling her private areas, front and back, according to the agreed statement of facts.

Walsh said the victim "woke up while this was happening and Bobby (Kudlak) told her that he was ... waking her up for school."

She remembered it was on a Saturday.

Kudlak has a previous conviction for a sexual assault on a girl under 12 years of age at Wal-Mart on June 6, 2008, for which he served eight months in jail.

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