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A 48-year-old man has been extradited from Queensland to Western Australia after further police investigation into a sexual assault cold case from the early 1990s.
Special Crime Squad, Homicide, have alleged the man, who was 17 in 1992 when the alleged offending occurred, entered a home in Embleton some time between 4am and 4.30am on April 17.
The man arrived in Perth on Friday.Credit: WA Police
The victim, a 23-year-old woman, was asleep in the house at the time, but was woken by the man, who was armed with a knife.
She was then allegedly bound and sexually assaulted a number of times.
The man was arrested in Queensland on May 3 and extradited to WA two days later.
He has been charged with aggravated burglary and commit, deprivation of liberty, attempting to sexually penetrated another person without consent, and two counts of aggravated sexual assault.
He will appear before Perth Children’s Court on Saturday.
Detective Inspector Darryl Cox said this a strong example of WA Police never giving up in their investigations into serious offences.
“Although these offences occurred over 31 years ago, we have remained committed to actively investigating them,” he said.
“Advances in policing technology and forensics have enabled us to identify an alleged offender, track down their location and bring these matters before the courts.”
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