Brunswick: Man charged over sexual assault of child waiting at traffic lights

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A man has been charged over the sickening sexual assault of a child.
A man has been charged over the sickening sexual assault of a child. Credit: AAP

A man has been charged over the sickening sexual assault of a child who had been waiting to cross at a set of traffic lights.

The 53-year-old is facing three counts of sexual assault of a child under 16 and one count of unlawful assault after the sickening alleged incident in Brunswick on January 6.

He was arrested on Friday, one day after Fawkner Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives appealed to the public for help to find the man.

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The 14-year-old girl was waiting at traffic lights on the corner of Sydney Road and Albion Street when she was allegedly approached by an unknown man, who tried to kiss her before she was sexually assaulted.

The Hadfield man was arrested in Brunswick on Friday afternoon.

He has been bailed to appear before Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court on May 21.

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