Qld: Man charged over street sex attack

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2007
Qld: Man charged over street sex attack

BRISBANE, April 24 AAP - A man has been charged with raping and bashing a woman in
the streets of an outback Queensland town.

The woman was punched in the face and sexually assaulted near the intersection of Cronin
and Francis streets in Camooweal, on the Queensland/Northern Territory border, last Friday,
police said.

A 19-year-old man from Mount Isa was charged overnight with one count each of rape,
indecent assault, deprivation of liberty and assault with intent to rape.

He was remanded in custody to face Mount Isa Magistrates Court today.

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