Man, 70, charged with sexually assaulting teen in North Sydney park
A 70-year-old man has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy at a reserve on Sydney’s upper north shore.
Detectives launched an investigation in December last year after receiving reports that the teenager was allegedly assaulted by a 68-year-old man at Echo Point Park in 2024.
Echo Point Reserve in Roseville. Ku-Ring-Gai Council
At about 9:30 am on Thursday, police executed a search warrant at a home in Killara and arrested the 70-year-old man.
Officers seized several digital devices for forensic examination before taking him to Hornsby Police Station.
He was charged with having sexual intercourse with a child aged between 14 and 16, sexually touching a child aged between 10 and 16, and intentionally inciting a child aged between 10 and 16 to perform a sexual act.
He was refused bail to appear before Hornsby Local Court on Thursday, where bail was formally refused.
He is scheduled to reappear in court on November 4.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
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