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Man charged over '1970s child sex attacks'

Posted August 6, 2008 09:00:00

A 57-year-old man has been charged with six child sex offences dating back to the 1970s.

A 40-year-old woman last year reported a number of sexual assaults that allegedly occurred at Bowraville, on the New South Wales mid-north coast, in 1978 and 1979.

The woman was aged between 10 and 12 at the time of the alleged incidents.

Subsequent investigations led to the arrest of a 57-year-old man about 10:50am (AEST) yesterday.

He appeared in Macksville Local Court yesterday and was granted conditional bail to face the court later this month.

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