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Man charged with sexual assault of flatmate

A 26-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault after his flatmate reported him to police.

On Tuesday, the woman told police she had been sexually assaulted by her flatmate on July 18.

Police searched the man’s home on Friday and arrested him.

He has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent, common assault, act of indecency without consent and choking, suffocating, strangling another person.

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One Response to Man charged with sexual assault of flatmate

cbrapsycho says: 26 July 2025 at 11:27 am

Good to see that police are acting more frequently on sexual assault reports. It’s taken a bloody long time, many investigations and exposure of their failures to act in the past.

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