A 23-year-old woman avoided sexual assault by screaming and kicking her attacker. The scuffle knocked off the assailant’s glasses and forced him to flee, leaving behind the glasses and a portion of his shirt, which the woman clutched in her hand.
The glasses and the shred of shirt, along with a cigarette discarded during a police interview, provided DNA evidence that linked 33-year-old Paul C. Aud to the Aug. 23 attack at the woman’s Langdon Street apartment building.
Aud was charged Monday with kidnapping, attempted second-degree sexual assault and misdemeanor battery.