Charges follow Hampton Park sex assault

Transit Safety Division detectives have charged a man following an alleged sexual assault last month, Victoria Police say.

Investigators have been told a 15-year-old girl was travelling on a bus on 17 February when a male boarded the bus on Hallam Road and allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Detectives arrested 21-year-old Hampton Park man today.

He was interviewed and charged 3 count of sexual assault of a child under 16.

The man faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today and was bailed to appear again on 6 April.

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