Police have charged a man after allegedly sexually touching a woman during a poker tournament on the state's north at the weekend.
Officers from Richmond Police District commenced an investigation following reports a 25-year-old woman had been sexually touched by an unknown man at a licensed premises at Lismore last Saturday (29 February 2020).
Initial inquiries revealed the woman was approached by the man at a poker tournament and sexually touched on a number of occasions before being ejected by security.
Following extensive inquiries, the 31-year-old man was arrested by investigators at a home unit at Lismore about 7.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 3 March 2020).
He was taken to Lismore Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of sexually touch another person without consent.
The man was refused bail to appear at Lismore Local Court today (Wednesday 4 March 2020).
