A 70-year-old man will face court today charged with the alleged historical sexual assault of five young males and females in the Illawarra region in the late 1960s and early 70s.
“In September 2019, detectives from Lake Illawarra Police District commenced an investigation after receiving information in relation to an alleged historical sexual assault of a child,” NSW Police said in a statement today.
“As part of inquiries, detectives received further separate reports of child sexual offences involving three boys and a girl.”
Detectives arrested a 70-year-old man at Silverwater jail yesterday morning.
He was charged with five counts of indecent assault on male under 14, procure indecent act with male, and two counts of assault female and commit act of indecency aged under 16.
Police will allege in court that the man sexually abused the boys and girl while on sporting club camping trips at Berkley, Childowla, Lake Illawarra and Wyangala Dam in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He was refused bail to appear at Wollongong Local Court today.
Police say their investigations are continuing.
Anyone with information about which may assist Lake Illawarra detectives is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.
