A Coonabarabran man aged in his early 90s will face court on sexual assault charges allegedly committed in Coonabarabran and Mt Riverview more than 30 years ago.
The man was arrested in Coonabarabran on Monday. He was charged with committing an act of carnal knowledge on a girl under 10 years of age.
The offences are alleged to have occurred in Coonabarabran in 1978 and 1979 when the girl was aged four and five and the man was 52 and 53.
Another offence allegedly occurred at Mt Riverview in 1983 when he was 57 and the girl, a family member, was aged nine.
The man was given conditional bail and will appear in Coonabarabran Local Court on November 25.
Blue Mountains Command Acting Detective Inspector Adam Evans said the offences were reported last year, and the passage of time was not a roadblock to a successful prosecution. “The police take all reports of sexual assault seriously,” he said.
Stolen war medals
Police are appealing for public assistance after war medals were stolen from a Glenbrook home.
Between 11am and 2.45pm on October 18, a home on Levy Street, Glenbrook, was broken into.
A laptop, an iPad and three World War II medals were taken from the premises. No-one was at the home at the time.
The medals are described as being: An ‘Australian Service Medal 1939-1945’; a ‘War Medal 1939-1945’; and, a ‘Pacific Star’.
Hazelbrook fire
A fire started in Hazelbrook at 11.45pm on October 26 in bushland at the northern end of Alexander Avenue.
When emergency services arrived, it was a 100m long firefront with flames up to 20m high, just 70m from homes.
The fire was extinguished at 1.20am, but three hectares of national park were burnt. A firefighter was injured when a tree close to him exploded, damaging his hearing.
The fire is believed to have started from the remnants of a campfire, including an aerosol can which exploded by the campfire.
High-range drink driving
A 30-year-old Wentworth Falls woman has been charged with high-range drink driving.
Just after 6am on Sunday, she was stopped by police on the Great Western Highway at Katoomba after driving through a red light. She was breath tested and returned a reading of .172 and her licence suspended immediately. She will appear in Katoomba Local Court on November 21.
