00:32 EDT, 6 May 2021
A man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman after offering her a ride home from a night out in Melbourne.
Abdouslam Alsharif, 50, is charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault on April 30.
He allegedly offered the 20-year-old woman, who thought she was getting a ride share, a free lift home after she left a licensed Collingwood venue early in the morning, police previously said.
Was allegedly raped by a man who she thought was a ride share driver
Alsharif then allegedly drove the woman to a nearby area and assaulted her.
Man charged with raping woman who believed his car was ride-share vehicle
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A man has been charged with raping a woman who got into his vehicle believing it was the ride-share she had ordered.
Abdouslam Alsharif is accused of sexually assaulting the 20-year-old woman after offering her a free ride home when she left a bar in Fitzroy early last Friday morning.
Police say Mr Alsharif picked up the woman near the intersection of Peel and Oxford streets, in Collingwood, about 2.25am and then drove to Rowe Street, Fitzroy, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her.
Man charged with rape after alleged Heidelberg public toilet assault
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A 45-year-old Kew man has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a toilet block in Melbourne’s north-east last week.
The alleged assault occurred in a toilet block near a supermarket on Burgundy Street in Heidelberg about 1.20pm last Friday, police said.
Detectives said the man followed the girl into the bathroom cubicle where he allegedly assaulted her and then walked with her to a nearby hotel where she asked for help and called police.
02:48 EDT, 5 May 2021
A man has been charged with raping a woman after offering her a free ride home from a night out in Melbourne.
The 20-year-old woman got into what she thought was a ride share vehicle after being offered a free lift home from Collingwood about 2.25am last Friday, police said.
The 20-year-old woman got into what she thought was a ride share vehicle after being offered a free lift home from Collingwood about 2.25am last Friday, police said (stock picture)
The 50-year-old man is accused of driving the woman to a different area and then sexually assaulting her inside the car.
New details in ex-MasterChef star case Ex-MasterChef star Ben Ungermann is accused of touching an underage teen ‘under the waistband’ without her consent, a court has heard.
Crime by Frances Vinall 5th May 2021 5:39 PM New details have been revealed in court about allegations a former MasterChef star sexually touched an underage girl without her consent. Ben Ungermann appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday for a ground rules hearing, where appropriate procedures for lawyers examining two underage witnesses were ordered by magistrate Mia Stylianou. The 37-year-old is alleged to have touched the girl on the breast and under the waistband of her pants , the court was told.