Charges over sex attack in Pilbara

A 20-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman during a home burglary in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region.

The 27-year-old woman was asleep in the lounge room of the Wickham house when she was sexually assaulted about 3.45am on Tuesday, police say.

The man will appear in Karratha Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with aggravated burglary and sexual penetration without consent.