Police charge man after taking girl into abandoned property - Macquarie Fields

A man has been charged after allegedly taking a young girl into an abandoned house in Sydney's south west.

About 4pm yesterday (Friday 31 May 2019), a seven-year-old girl was playing at the front of a home on Bunya Place, Macquarie Fields, when she was approached by a 34-year-old man.

The man grabbed the victim by her hand and led her into a nearby vacant property.

A witness observed this occurring, and notified a relative of the girl, who attended the location and located the girl with the man.

It's alleged the man had partially removed the girl's clothes.

The man was detained until the arrival of police, who placed him under arrest.

He was taken to Campbelltown Police Station where he was charged with take child with intent to remove parental control, and remain in building with intent to commit indictable offence.

He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court today (Saturday 1 June 2019).

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