A 22-year-old man will face court after the alleged sexual assault of a girl in the Hunter earlier this month.
His arrest follows an investigation by Child Abuse Squad Detectives into the unsavoury incident.
It’s understood a 14-year-old added a male previously unknown to her to a list of friends on a social media account on Wednesday 14 May.
The man apparently told the girl he was aged 17.
She, and her friend, 16, then met with him on the Central Coast.
It is alleged that over the following days, the male sexually assaulted the younger girl and later prevented both of them from leaving their location.
About 7pm on Monday 19 May, officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District attended a house in the Hunter Valley area to check on the welfare of the two teens.
Police then arrested the 22-year-old man at the home.
He was taken to Singleton Police Station.
Following a coordinated response by detectives from State Crime Command’s Newcastle Child Abuse Squad and Hunter Valley Police District, he’s been charged with aggravated sexual assault – victim under the age of 16, aggravated sexual assault – inflict actual bodily harm on victim, take person intend commit serious indictable offence and intentionally sexually touch child between the ages of 10 and 16.
The man was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday 16 July.
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