Thursday, February 13, 2025

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Second Arrest In Child Sexual Assault Case

Detectives from the Mackay Child Protection and Investigation Unit have charged a second person in relation to the sexual assault of a child.

On Sunday, the 9th of February, police executed a search warrant at a Beaconsfield address, where a 37-year-old woman was taken into custody.

The arrest follows police charging a 50-year-old man with several drug and child sexual assault offences last week.

It will be alleged that the 37-year-old woman facilitated in the transport of one of the man’s victims and had knowledge of the alleged offences that took place.

The woman has been charged with three counts of rape and one count of indecent treatment of a child.

She was remanded in custody on Monday, the 10th of February, and was due to reappear in Mackay Magistrates Court on the 12th of February.

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