Man charged over historic sexual assaults in Perth

A man has been slapped with 33 charges over a series of sexual assaults where he allegedly threatened women with a knife in the 1990s.

A man has been hit with a litany of charges over a series of historic violent sexual assaults.

Western Australian police charged the 51-year-old Duncraig man with 33 counts over four assaults that allegedly occurred in the 1990s.

Police allege the first incident occurred when the man approached a 49-year-old woman about 8:30pm in March 1995 while she was walking along a footpath of the Carine Open space.

The 51-year-old was arrested at his Duncraig residence.

He then allegedly threatened her with a knife before dragging her into bushland and sexually assaulting her.

Exactly a year later, the man allegedly broke into the home of a 19-year-old woman in Scarborough in the early hours of the morning.

“He then (allegedly) sexually assaulted the woman, while threatening her with a knife,” WA Police said.

The third alleged incident took place in student accommodation in Crawley at around 2am in February 1998.

“An 18-year-old woman was allegedly awoken by the man who threatened her with a knife before sexually assaulting her,” police said.

He faces 33 charges.

The man allegedly assaulted another woman four months later at a residence in Kelmscott.

Police believe he entered the home of a 22-year-old woman at 2.30 am before sexually assaulting her.

The man has been charged with ten counts of aggravated sexual penetration without consent, five counts of aggravated indecent assault, four counts of assault occasioning bodily harm as well as 14 other charges.

He appeared in court on Friday.

Originally published as Man charged over historic sexual assaults in Perth