A 13-year-old boy has been charged following a string of alleged sex offences on Narrabeen walking trails over the last couple of weeks.
Police will allege that 11 separate incidents occurred against women aged 13 to 54 during the period 1 October to 12 October. The alleged incidents involved sexual touching to various women, alongside a woman allegedly being spoken to inappropriately at the intersection of Waroon Road and Carawa Road in Cromer.
The initial reported incidents from earlier in the month involved a male allegedly approaching women on Narrabeen walking trails before sexually touching them and riding away on an e-bike.
Following an investigation where Strike Force Mexvo was launched to look into the alleged incidents, the 13-year-old was arrested on 17 October. He was taken to Manly Police Station where he was charged with three counts of behave in offensive manner in/near public place/school and eight counts of sexually touch another person without consent.
He has been granted conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on 4 November.