NSW: Alleged serial sex attacker arrested after tip-off

AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-2010
NSW: Alleged serial sex attacker arrested after tip-off

SYDNEY, April 2 AAP - An alleged serial sex attacker accused of carrying out a string
of indecent assaults in Sydney's south has been charged.

The 34-year-old man was arrested outside a house in Renwick Street, Marrickville, about
9pm (AEDT) on Thursday, police said.

He has been charged with aggravated indecent assault, theft and kidnap and is due to
front Parramatta Local Court on Friday.

It follows four attacks on women in Woolooware, Sutherland, Kirrawee and Gymea dating
back to October.

During one of the alleged incidents a woman was shoved to the ground, indecently assaulted
then robbed.

The arrest follows tip-offs received by police after a description of the alleged offender
and CCTV footage was circulated by the media this week.

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