Further charges following historical sexual assaults – Mortlake and Inglewood

Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad today issued a further 62 charges as part of an investigation into a number of alleged historical sexual assaults.

The 89-year-old man has been charged with a number of sexual offences including sexual penetration of a person aged between 10-16 and indecent assault.

These charges relate to alleged incidents involving six male victims in Inglewood and Mortlake in between 1973 and 1981.

The man was previously charged with a number of sexual offences in March 2022 as part of this investigation.

Those 24 charges relate to alleged incidents involving two male victims in Mortlake in 1981 and 1982.

The man will appear at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on 24 April.

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