Police charge man after 1987 double sex assault

A man has been charged following a lengthy investigation into the alleged rape of two teenagers in St Kilda in 1987.

Detectives from Sexual Crimes Squad have charged the man with numerous assault related offences including;

• rape with aggravated circumstances (x 4)

• rape (x4)

• false imprisonment (x2)

• aggravated indecent assault (x2)

The charges relate to incidents that allegedly occurred in Elwood and Balaclava on 7 May, 1987.

The 58-year-old Mill Park man will appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court today.

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