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Woman found naked and screaming on street

NewsWire

11 June 2024 at 6:57 pm·1-min read

BRITTANY HIGGINS — A man has appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court charged with unlawfully confining a woman to a home and sexually assaulting her for a number of days. Picture: Newswire / Gary Ramage

Police out on routine patrol found a woman naked and screaming on a suburban street who had allegedly been held against her will in a home and sexually assaulted for numerous days.

Officers were patrolling in Lyneham, a suburb of Canberra, about 7pm Monday when they spotted the distressed woman.

VAN INTO SHOP FOLLOW ON — A Canberra man has been arrested and faced court for allegedly unlawfully holding a woman against her will and sexually assaulting her over a number of days. Photo by: NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard

They stopped to help her and took her into their vehicle, where she told them she had been confined to a nearby home for a number of days.

A 44-year-old Lyneham man was arrested shortly after and charged with forcible confinement, rape, assault and failing to appear.

He appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody.

He is due back in court next month.

Police have said the investigation is ongoing and it is expected further charges will be laid.

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