GREATER BENDIGO: Rape on bus


Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged incident on a bus in Bendigo.
It is alleged a man got onto a Route 5 bus just after it had left Bendigo Railway Station about 6.20pm on Saturday, February 14.
He allegedly sat next to the victim, an 18-year-old woman, and sexually assaulted her on the bus, which was travelling towards Kangaroo Flat, before she moved away.
The man allegedly continued to perform a lewd act on the bus.
The 33-year-old Epsom man was arrested in Epsom on Monday, February 16.
He was interviewed by detectives and has been charged with rape.
He was remanded to appear at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on May 13.
Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident.