Man Arrested, Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault Near Sydney Train Station

A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault and other offenses in connection with an alleged attack on a woman near Flemington Station in Sydney.

Police stated that the 23-year-old woman was walking home through Airey Park in Homebush on September 18 when she was approached by an unknown man. The woman was allegedly restrained and dragged into nearby bushland, where she was sexually assaulted.

Following an investigation, authorities arrested Jessie Lee Hardy on Thursday morning. He was taken to Bankstown Police Station and charged with aggravated sexual assault inflicting actual bodily harm, intentionally choking a person without consent, taking a person with intent to commit a serious indictable offense, and stalking or intimidating with the intent to cause fear of physical harm.

Officers also executed a search warrant at a home in Padstow, Sydney, and seized items for forensic examination. Hardy was refused police bail and is scheduled to appear in Bankstown Local Court on Friday.