NSW nurse facing further sexual assault charge

A nurse will appear at court today facing more charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman awaiting heart surgery.

In September last year, police began investigating a series of reports that patients and a student nurse had been sexually assaulted at hospitals in Bella Vista and Kingswood.

Ali Khamis Moh'd, 42, was charged and remains before the courts.

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Police received another report this week that a 58-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted while waiting to receive heart surgery at a Bella Vista hospital in August 2021.

Following further investigations, Mr Moh'd was arrested at Castle Hill Police Station just after 8am today.

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He was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault.

Mr Moh'd was refused bail and will appear at Parramatta Local Court today.