A man has fronted court today charged over the alleged indecent assault and grooming of a young girl in the state’s north.
The Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation earlier this month, following reports a girl had received sexually explicit images on social media from a man she knew.
On Thursday, detectives arrested a 22-year-old man at a home in the state’s north.
He was taken to Yamba Police Station and charged with indecently assaulting a person under 16 years of age and grooming a child under 14 years for unlawful sexual activity.
Police will allege in court that the man indecently assaulted the young girl – then aged around 10-years-old – between November 2017 and October 2018.
He was refused bail to appear at Grafton Local Court today.
