Melbourne man on rape, sex attack charges

A Melbourne man accused of a raping a woman and sexually assaulting others has been remanded in custody.

Kataha Siwee, 21 of Richmond, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Saturday night and did not apply for bail.

Police charged Siwee after a man handed himself in on Saturday morning, prompted on Friday by a public appeal for information.

According to charge sheets released by the court, on April 14 allegedly Siwee raped a woman at Abbotsford and is also charged with sexually touching, applying force, assault and robbery.

On the same date but in Richmond he was charged with sexually touching, stalking and assaulting a woman at Richmond.

He also faces charges of sexually touching and assaulting a woman in Richmond on April 5.

He was remanded in custody to reappear in court via video link on Friday, April 26, for a filing hearing on the 12 charges against him.