A 47-year-old man from Greenbushes will face Bunbury Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with a number of new historic child sexual abuse charges.
It will be alleged between 1988 and 1996, the man sexually assaulted two girls who were aged between 13 and 15 years old at the time of the first incident.
The man befriended the girls and their families priors to the abuse, which allegedly occurred in Balingup, Bridgetown, Greenbushes, Hester and North Greenbushes.
The man appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court on June 1, 2017 on the two counts of aggravated indecent assault and one count of sexually penetrated a person under the age of 16 years without consent.
Continued inquires by Perth detectives resulted in the man being further charged on Tuesday, June 27 with;
- Five counts of indecently dealing with a child over 13 years and under 16 years of age
- Three counts of sexually penetrating a child over 13 years and under 16 years of age
- One count of encouraging a child aged 13 to 16 years to engage in sexual behaviour
- One count of aggravated indecent assault.
Inquiries are ongoing and detectives urge anyone with information regarding this investigation to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at crimestopperswa.com.au.