A 20-year-old man has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl and will appear in the Labasa Magistrates Court today.
Police say it is alleged that on the night of the 27th of June, the man who is known to the family, had offered to take the girl from her grandfather’s home where she had been sleeping, to her mother, after she woke up crying.
They say along the way, the man allegedly sexually assaulted the victim before taking her home.
The girl relayed the incident to her mother after which a report was lodged at the Nabouwalu Police Station.
The man has been charged with one count of sexual assault.
