May 15th, 2024Man charged following alleged lewd acts in Wendouree and Ballarat East

Ballarat Sexual Offences Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives have charged a man following a series of allegedly lewd acts across Ballarat East and Wendouree.

It is alleged the man exposed himself and performed a sexual act in the presence of the victims between April 10 and May 6.

On four of the occasions sexual acts were allegedly committed in the presence of children aged between 10 and 14.

Last Thursday afternoon, May 9, detectives arrested a 50-year-old man at an address in Invermay Park.

He has been charged with directing sexual activity at another, seven counts of sexual activity in the presence of a child and one count of stalking.

The Brown Hill man had been remanded to appear at Ballarat Magistrates’ Court last Friday May 10.