Fourth person charged over alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of teenage girl

A man has been arrested and charged over the alleged historical sexual assault of a teenage girl at the New South Wales Hunter region.

The man, aged 61, is the fourth person to be arrested in relation to the crimes, which are alleged to have occurred on numerous occasions between 2016 and 2018.

Officers have previously charged two men – aged 38 and 43 – as well as a 60-year-old woman earlier this year.

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They remain before the courts.

The 61-year-old man was arrested at 4pm yesterday afternoon at a home in Muswellbrook.

He was taken to Waratah Police Station and charged with 16 sexual offences.

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Charges include indecent assault of a person under 16, cause a child older than 14 and below 18 to do act of child prostitution, have sexual intercourse with person older than 14 and younger than 16 years, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and attempt stalk/intimidate intend fear of harm.

Police allege the man sexually and physically abused a 19-year-old woman – who was then aged between 13 and 16-years-old – on a number of occasions.

He was refused bail and was expected to appear at Newcastle Local Court today.