Man charged after sexual assault of 12-year-old girl at train station


A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor at a Melbourne train station.

The Footscray man, 34, handed himself into police at a suburban police station over the assault at Footscray Railway Station on February 21.

Police have said the 12-year-old girl who was on her way home from school at Footscray Station when she was sexually assaulted.

Station staff noticed what was happening and quickly intervened.

Police are investigation a sexual assault at Footscray station in Melbourne. Source: 7News
Police are investigation a sexual assault at Footscray station in Melbourne. Source: 7News

The man then walked away.

He has been charged with sexual assault of a child under the age of 16 and will face the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday.