BY JESSICA WORBOYS
Officers have charged a 22-year-old man after allegedly
assaulting a child on a train travelling northbound from Sydney yesterday.
The officers were approached at Woy Woy station by a witness
who was concerned for the welfare of a 10-month-old boy on board the train.
Senior Constable Sara Burgess says “the boy appeared to have
injuries and was distressed.”
“Officers were told the child was allegedly assaulted
several times during the trip from Sydney, by a man believed to be travelling
with the child’s mother.”
Officers arrested the man where he was charged with assault
occasioning actual bodily harm, domestic violence related, at Gosford Police
Station.
He was refused bail to appear before Gosford Local Court
today.
The child was taken by NSW Ambulance Paramedics to Gosford
Hospital and is in a stable condition. He will be placed in care and police are
working with the Department of Family and Community Services.
