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Police update: Attempted rape at Noosa Heads
Police have launched an appeal to locate the driver of a vehicle captured on CCTV in the vicinity of where a woman was allegedly assaulted in Noosa Heads on April 18.
It will be alleged a 34-year-old local woman was walking down a thoroughfare between Noosa Parade and Hastings Street around 5.20am, when a man not known to her exited a vehicle and approached.
The man then tried to engage verbally with the woman before allegedly grabbing her and attempting to push her to the ground.
The woman managed to struggle free and fled to a nearby business where police were immediately contacted.
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Police have appealed to several people who may have witnessed the alleged attempted rape of a young woman at Noosa to come forward.
A Sunshine Beach man, 22, was on Thursday arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to sexually assault a young woman on April 18.
Police say the woman was on her way to work about 5.20am when the man allegedly grabbed her.
Sunshine Coast CIB officer-in-charge Daren Edwards said there were at least six people who may have spoken with the accused that morning.
“There’s a few innocent people we would like to speak to about it,” Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said.
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Subscriber only A young man who was allegedly drunk when he attempted to rape a woman on her way to work said he felt sorry for the victim, a court has heard. Police allege the man approached a 34-year-old local woman on a thoroughfare between Noosa Parade and Hastings Street about 5.20am on April 18 before grabbing her and attempting to push her to the ground. Police said the woman managed to struggle free and fled to a nearby business where police were immediately called. This is a really serious example of an alleged rape attempt where the alleged victim and the client were completely unknown to one another and she is just attempting to go to work, he said.
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Subscriber only Police have appealed to several people who may have witnessed the alleged attempted rape of a young woman at Noosa to come forward. A Sunshine Beach man, 22, was on Thursday arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to sexually assault a young woman on April 18. Police say the woman was on her way to work about 5.20am when the man allegedly grabbed her. Sunshine Coast CIB officer-in-charge Daren Edwards said there were at least six people who may have spoken with the accused that morning. There s a few innocent people we would like to speak to about it, Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said.
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