Detectives have charged a man after he allegedly sexually assaulted a boy in Syndey’s north in 2023.
In December 2025, officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command commenced investigations following reports of an alleged sexual assault between November and December 2023.
Investigators were told a then 14-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted by 68-year-old man at a reserve in Echo Point.
Following extensive inquiries, about 9.30am yesterday (Thursday 22 October 2026), detectives with the assistance of North West Metropolitan Operations Support Group attended a home in Killara and executed a search warrant.
A now 70-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Hornsby Police Station.
During the search, police allegedly located and seized numerous digital devices to be forensically examined.
The man was charged with have sexual intercourse with child greater than 14 and less than 16 years, intentionally sexually touch child greater than 10 yrs less than 16 yrs and intentional incite child greater than 10 and less than 16 do sexual act to them.
He was refused bail to appear before Hornsby Local Court the same day, where he was formally refused bail to reappear on Wednesday 4 November 2026.
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