Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Man Charged Over Train Sex Offences

BY MADELAINE MCNEILL

A man's been charged by police over two sexual offences on public transport, including one in the Hunter.

It's alleged the man performed sexual acts in front of passengers on a train from Wyee to Fassifern last month.

He's also been charged in relation to a similar incident on a train travelling from Hornsby to Strathfield in April.

Operation Artemis detectives arrested the 53-year-old man at a home in Glebe yesterday afternoon, he was refused bail to face court today.

Operation Artemis is an ongoing operation targeting sexual offences on the public transport network.