{"id":9719,"date":"2020-12-22T04:34:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T04:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9719"},"modified":"2020-12-22T04:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T04:34:37","slug":"police-appeal-for-information-after-reports-young-girl-sexually-assaulted-port-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/22\/police-appeal-for-information-after-reports-young-girl-sexually-assaulted-port-stephens\/","title":{"rendered":"Police appeal for information after reports young girl sexually assaulted &#8211; Port Stephens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives are appealing for information as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a young girl near Port Stephens almost two years ago.<br \/>\nEarlier this month, detectives from the State Crime Command\u2019s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation following reports a young girl had been sexually assaulted by an unknown man at Nelson Bay last year.<br \/>\nInvestigators have been told the girl \u2013 then aged 11 \u2013 was at Dutchmans Beach Reserve when she was approached by an unknown man, before being taken to nearby bushes and sexually assaulted.<br \/>\nThe incident is believed to have occurred between 11am to late afternoon on Sunday 27 January 2019.<br \/>\nThe man has been described as being aged in his 60s or 70s, with an olive complexion, grey hair below his ears and a moustache.<br \/>\nHe is believed to have been wearing a black t-shirt.<br \/>\nAs investigations continue, detectives are appealing for public information \u2013 including any photographs, video recordings or dashcam footage \u2013 from Dutchmans Beach Reserve on Sunday 27 January 2019.<br \/>\nAnyone who has information about the incident is urged to come forward immediately.<br \/>\nThe Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad is comprised of detectives who are specially trained to investigate matters against children and adults, including sexual assault, serious physical abuse, and serious cases of neglect.<br \/>\nAnyone with concerns about suspected child abuse or exploitation should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\">https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a>.<br \/>\nInformation you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. People should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives are appealing for information as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a young girl near Port Stephens almost two years ago. Earlier this month, detectives from the State Crime Command\u2019s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation following reports a young girl had been sexually assaulted by an &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/22\/police-appeal-for-information-after-reports-young-girl-sexually-assaulted-port-stephens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Police appeal for information after reports young girl sexually assaulted &#8211; Port Stephens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}