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20-YEAR-OLD FACES COURT OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

A man will face court today charged over an alleged aggravated sexual assault in Lismore at the weekend.

About 2:30am on Sunday 22 December 2019, a 54-year-old woman was sitting on her front veranda of a home on Ewing Street, Lismore, when she was approached by an unknown man.

It’s believed the man grabbed the woman and attempted to sexually assault her.

After a short struggle the man ran away.

The woman ran to a relative’s home a short distance away and called police.

Following investigations, police attended a home in Goonellabah at about 6:30pm, where a 20-year-old man was arrested.

He was taken to Lismore Police Station and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault inflict actual bodily harm, two counts of sexually touch another person without consent, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of aggravated enter dwelling with intent.

He was refused bail to face Lismore Local Court today (Tuesday 24 December 2019).

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