According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics fewer than 20% of rapes are reported and since 1993 fewer than 3% ended with a criminal conviction. Rape in the vast majority of cases is committed by a person known to the victim. A government survey in 2000 found that 59% of women and 25% of men in Australia…
DetailsOn Saturday the 20-10-12 at around 8.15 pm a thirty-two-year-old female was walking along an Elwood trail when she was approached by the male assailant. The assailant, aged in his mid twenties, threatened the female victim before dragging her into nearby bushes where he sexually assaulted her. If you have been the victim of…
DetailsThe Western Australian Government unveiled today the Sex Offender Register website on which is posted the names, photos and criminal records of that state’s most dangerous sex offenders. While similar websites have been operating overseas, including in America and Britain, this is the first website of its kind in Australia and it is hoped that…
DetailsVictoria’s largest centre for sexual assault and child abuse was officially opened on the 17-10-12 in Geelong. Jack Blayney, Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner, said the centre will make sexual assault and child abuse investigations top priority. The centre brings together a variety of services under one roof, including crisis support, child protection and criminal investigation…
DetailsOn Saturday the 13-10-12 at around 11.00 pm a female victim heard loud banging on the front door of her Melton home. As the female opened her front door she was confronted by a male assailant in his twenties who forced his way into the victim’s home where he proceeded to sexually assault her. If…
DetailsOn the 10-09-12 at around 5.40 pm a female was sexually assaulting as she walked through the Greensborough Plaza towards her parked motor vehicle. The assailant followed the female victim into the stairwell of the shopping centre where she was sexually assaulted. The assailant was described as having a tattoo on his left upper arm and…
DetailsOn the 09-09-12 a female was the victim of an indecent assault perpetrated by a male assailant as she walked from public transport towards her home. Police believe that the same assailant may be responsible for five similar attacks during the month of August in the suburbs of Doncaster, Templestowe and Box Hill. If you…
DetailsOn Saturday the 25-08-12 at around 2.30 am a twenty-five-year-old female was walking through St Kilda when she asked a male of Asian appearance for directions. The male directed her into a laneway and then forced her to the ground before indecently assaulting her. The victim managed to fight off the assailant and ran from the scene…
DetailsOn the 13-08-12 at around 1.10 pm a male assailant of African appearance aged around forty-years entered a home in Springvale South where he proceeded to physically and sexually assault the thirty-five-year-old female resident. The female victim screamed at which time the assailant fled and she sustained only minor physical injuries but was significantly emotionally…
DetailsOn the 14-08-12 at around 5.30 pm an eighteen-year-old girl was lured by a male assailant outside a toilet block at the Edithvale beach who then proceeded to sexually assault her before slashing her several times with a knife. The victim was walking along the beach when the assailant pretended to be in distress and…
DetailsOn the 02-08-12 a balding red headed male aged around forty years approached three young girls aged around twelve years in a playground in Coldstream and asked the young girl to expose themselves. The girls quickly left and the offender drove off in a commodore or similar motor vehicle. If you have been the victim…
DetailsOn the 01-08-12 a fifteen-year-old girl was on her way to school on a Cranbourne bound train when the assailant sat next to her victim and sexually assaulted her. The assailant then threatened her with a cigarette lighter placed at her face before getting off the train at Cranbourne just after 9.00 am. The terrified…
DetailsOn the 27-07-12 a female patient in her twenties left the Box Hill Hospital at around midnight and was attacked and sexually assaulted on her way to her motor vehicle regaining consciousness several hours later in a nearby park. If you have been the victim of a sexual assault contact Victims of Crime Counselling &…
DetailsOn the 16-07-12 at around 12.30 pm a male aged in his late forties undid his pants and exposed himself to a fourteen-year-old girl who was sitting in the front seat of a parked motor vehicle at the Knox Shopping Centre before running away. If you have been the victim of a sexual assault contact…
DetailsOn the 17-07-12 at around 4.45 pm a twenty-three-year-old woman was walking through Richmond when she was attacked from behind and sexually assaulted. The victim managed to escape and flee. The assailant is described as aged around twenty-five to thirty years and wearing think glasses. If you have been the victim of a physical or…
DetailsOn the 14-06-12 at around 4.30 pm a twenty-five-year-old woman was walking home from the Broadmeadows Railway Station when she was indecently assaulted three times by a male assailant in his twenties riding a BMX bike and who fled on his bike after the victim screamed for help. If you have been the victim of…
DetailsIn June 2012 a twelve-year-old girl alighted from a tram in Ascot Vale and began walking home when a male of African appearance aged in his twenties walked up behind he and attempted to grab her on two separate occasions before assaulting her but she managed to escape after striking the assailant to the face.…
DetailsOn the 09-06-12 a fifty-one-year-old woman walking along a street in Noble Park was pushed to the ground by a male assailant who then attempted to sexually assault her. The assailant was distracted by a passing motor vehicle at which time the victim ceased the opportunity to flee. If you have been the victim of…
DetailsOn the 25-05-12 at around 6.00 pm a male assailant in his sixties approached a female employee at the Kyneton Supermarket and after commenting on her appearance proceeded to indecently assaulted her. If you have been the victim of a sexual assault or other serious crime contact Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services for…
DetailsOn the 06-05-12 at around 4.40 pm a female was walking along a bike track in Geelong North when a man aged in his twenties on BMX bike riding in the opposite direction exposed himself to her and then attempted to grab her but she managed to protect herself and the assailant fled on his…
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