A teenage girl has been charged after a woman was allegedly assaulted and robbed at Mount Druitt last month, NSW Police say.
Just after 8pm on Saturday 31 March 2018, a 19-year-old woman was approached by three girls as she sat at a bus stop on Beames Avenue.
The group asked the woman for money before assaulting her and grabbing her bag, causing her to fall to the ground.
The woman was then dragged along the ground while trying to hold onto her bag.
The group fled and emergency services were alerted. The woman was treated for cuts to her face.
Officers from the Police Transport and Public Safety Command attended and commenced an investigation.
Following inquiries, a 14-year-old girl was arrested just before 6pm yesterday (Saturday 7 April 2018) at a shopping centre in Mount Druitt.
The girl was taken to Mount Druitt Police Station where she was charged with robbery in company.
She was bail refused to appear at a children’s court today (Sunday 8 April 2018).
Inquiries into the incident are continuing.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers.
