Update: Sexual assault at Surfers Paradise, QLD

Police have charged a man in relation to the sexual assault of a woman at Surfers Paradise in December.

It will be alleged shortly after midnight on Wednesday December 12, a 22-year-old woman was walking on The Esplanade, near Eileen Peters Park, when she was approached by a man who grabbed her inappropriately.

Police released vision of the man and information from the public led to the arrest of a man yesterday afternoon.

The woman did not sustain any physical injures as a result of the incident.

A 31-year-old Burleigh Waters man has been charged with one count of sexual assault and will appear at the Southport Magistrates Court on January 31.

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