A man will face court next month after allegedly sexually touching a boy at a Hunter District shopping centre earlier this week.
About 10.40am on Wednesday (22 July 2020), a 16-year-old boy was in the toilets of a shopping centre at Thornton, near Maitland, when it is alleged a 75-year-old man sexually touched the boy.
The boy reported the matter to police and officers from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation.
Following extensive inquiries and a public appeal, a man was arrested at a house in Beresfield about 8.30 this morning (Saturday 25 July 2020) and taken to Maitland Police Station.
He was charged with sexual touching another person without consent and incite another to sexually touch them without consent. He was released on strict conditional bail to appear at Maitland Local Court on Wednesday 12 August 2020.
