MELBOURNE: Charges over sexual assaults


Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives have charged a man after two women were sexually assaulted and raped in Melbourne this year.
The 36-year-old Melbourne man has been charged with five counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault.
He was remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 2026.
The charges relate to the sexual assaults of two 19-year-old women at separate licensed venues.
The first incident is alleged to have occurred at a venue on Victoria St, Melbourne, between 5.35am and 7am on Saturday, Augus9 t, while the second reportedly occurred at a venue on Smith St in Collingwood between 12.30am and 3.15am on Friday, September 12.
The investigation remains ongoing.