Man arrested after allegedly assaulting eight women over six weeks in St Kilda, Melbourne
The man was charged with 33 offences, including two counts of stalking and six counts of aggravated assault of a female.
A man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted eight women over six weeks in Melbourne’s southeast.
The 48-year-old man allegedly approached the victims “in the vicinity” of Fitzroy Street in St Kilda, and screamed obscenities at each women before fleeing the scene.
The victims are aged between 20 and 53 years old, according to police.
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The man was arrested by police at a property on Park Street, St Kilda, on Thursday.
He was charged with 33 offences, including two counts of making threats to kill, six counts of assault, six counts of aggravated assault of a female, two counts of stalking, and five counts of behaving in a riotous manner in a public place.
He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on December 8.
