A man has been charged following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a woman outside a Newcastle hotel last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 11.50pm on Friday 25 November 2022, emergency services were called to a licensed premises on Darby Street, Newcastle, following reports a woman had been sexually assaulted by a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A crime scene was established by officers attached to Newcastle City Police District and forensically examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Detectives have since established Strike Force Molyneaux to further investigate the circumstances of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following extensive inquiries by detectives from Newcastle City Police District and the Sex Crimes Squad from the State Crime Command, officers executed a search warrant at a house in Merewether Heights earlier today (Saturday 10 December 2022) and arrested a 19-year-old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was taken to Newcastle Police Station where he was charged with aggravated sexual assault – inflict actual bodily harm and intentionally choke person without consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man was refused bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court on Sunday 11 December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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