A man has been charged after a boy was allegedly sexually assaulted in Guildford West.
Officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command commenced an investigation following reports an 11-year-old boy had been sexually assaulted by a man between January 2019 and December 2020, while at a gym in Guildford West.
A member of the boy’s family notified police on Monday, January 11, and, following inquiries, Cumberland PAC detectives attended a home in Woodpark, about 8.45pm yesterday on Tuesday, January 12.
A 33-year-old man was arrested and taken to Granville Police Station where he was charged with ‘aggravated sex assault – victim under the age of 16 years’, and ‘intentionally-sexually touch child between 10 and 16’.
The Woodpark man was refused bail to appear at Fairfield Local Court today on Wednesday, January 13.
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