Detectives began investigations earlier this month after a 15-year-old girl presented to John Hunter Hospital with neck injuries, where she reported she had been sexually assaulted by a man known to her.
Following extensive inquiries, a 21-year-old man was arrested at Waratah Police Station just after 6 o'clock on Thursday night.
It was the second arrest made yesterday in the Hunter by detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
The man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault – inflict actual bodily harm on victim, and two counts of aggravated sexual assault – victim under the age of 16 years.
Officers will allege in court the man supplied the victim with alcohol and prohibited drugs before choking her and sexually assaulting her in a car in the Newcastle area on Wednesday, June 5th.
The man was refused bail to appear and is due to appear at Newcastle Local Court today.
