Man charged after Melb sexual assaults

A sex pest has been charged after he allegedly touched women and performed lewd acts at a Melbourne shopping centre.

Police say the 46-year-old Millgrove man allegedly masturbated and touched women on the buttocks at Knox Shopping Centre on February 2, and he was arrested after a public appeal.

A raid of his house also uncovered 35 cannabis plants growing in the backyard and he has been charged with sexual offences and cannabis cultivation.