Detectives, along with the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad, commenced an investigation following reports a man, armed with a knife, entered a bedroom of an Ashfield share home on Tuesday (July 9), and allegedly threatened a 22-year-old woman.
The man allegedly physically assaulted the woman who resisted and raised the alarm, alerting a housemate before the man fled.
The woman suffered a minor laceration to her hand.
Following extensive inquires, a 21-year-old man, who is not known to the woman, was arrested at an Ashfield business just before 9am last Saturday.
He was charged with attempt aggravated sex assault – threat to inflict actual bodily harm with weapon, attempt aggravated sexual assault – break and enter with intent, dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception, aggravated robbery, aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence – use violence, choke person intend to commit indictable offence, kidnap with intent commit serious indictable offence occasion actual bodily harm, enter building/land with intent commit indictable offence.
Police will allege in court that the man took the woman’s mobile phone and transferred money from the woman’s bank account after fleeing.
Theft, sex attempt arrest
A MAN has been charged over the alleged attempted sexual assault of a woman after breaking into an Ashfield home last week.