Police charge man after investigation into sexual assaults

Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad have charged a man as part of their ongoing investigation into three sexual assaults alleged to have occurred between April 2017 and February 2018.

The alleged incidents include a sexual assault of 27-year-old woman in Oakleigh on 9 April 2017; a sexual assault of a 34-year-old woman, who was offered a lift from Gertrude Street, Fitzroy on 12 January 2018; and the sexual assault of a 24-year-old woman in a car in Fitzroy in 11th February 2018.

A 56-year-old Bulleen man has been charged with a number of offences including:

• 4 counts of rape;

• 6 counts of sexual assault;

• administration of an intoxicating substance for sexual purposes;

• possess a drug of dependence;

• commit an indictable offence while on bail;

• theft; and

• handle stolen goods.

He will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court shortly.

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