A man has been charged with child sex offences after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Sydney's southwest.
Detectives from the State Crime Command's Child Abuse Squad and St George Police Area Command commenced an investigation after a 14-year-old teenage girl contacted police and reported she was sexually assaulted by a man – not known to her – yesterday (Monday 28 August 2023).
Police attended a park at Penshurst a short time later and established a crime scene.
Following extensive inquiries, detectives attended a nearby home about 5pm, where they arrested a 46-year-old man.
He was taken to Kogarah Police Station and charged with five offences, including produce child abuse material, aggravated sexual intercourse child more than 14 years and under 16 years, and use child over 14 years to make child abuse material.
He was refused bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court later today (Tuesday 29 August 2023), where he was formally bail refused to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday 26 October 2023.
