ACT Policing has arrested a 32-year-old man, who worked as a masseur in Phillip, on two charges of sexual intercourse without consent for alleged separate incidents in February 2020 and last Friday, 15 October.
Detectives from ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations – Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team will allege that the man assaulted the two women while he was providing massage services at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Phillip.
The man is scheduled to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today, Friday 21 October. The maximum penalty for sexual intercourse without consent is 12 years’ imprisonment.
If you have been the victim of a sexual assault, please contact ACT Policing as soon as possible on 131 444 or 000.
If your report relates to this matter, please quote reference 6936673.
Get all the latest Canberra news, sport, entertainment, lifestyle, competitions and more delivered straight to your inbox with the Canberra Daily Daily Newsletter. Sign up here.
For more news:
- How Canberra’s arts venues are preparing to reopen to the public
- Aboriginal artists on Ngunnawal country: Richie Allan
- Meet the residents of Spoonsville at Marigal Gardens
- ‘Uncomfortable’ tales show need for sexual consent reform
- Police busy with three arrests, motorbike collision in past 24 hours
