Nelson Bay: Port Stephens hotelier Jonathon Voll facing additional sex assault charge relating to another alleged victim

A prominent Hunter hotelier accused of a violent sexual assault at a late night work function is now facing an additional sex assault charge in relation to a separate alleged incident one month earlier.

Maverick on the Bay, Nelson Bay. Picture: Supplied

A prominent Hunter businessman accused of a violent sexual assault at a late night work function is now facing an additional sexual assault charge allegedly relating to a separate incident a month earlier.

Iconic waterfront restaurant Mavericks on the Bay co-owner Jonathon Paul Voll has been in custody for more than six months after being arrested over an alleged incident on September 3 last year.

The court previously heard the 43-year-old had been at a work function at one of his Nelson Bay business premises where a number of people were drinking, when it is alleged he raped an intoxicated woman after tackling her to the ground.

A triple-0 call at 12.45am was made by a passer-by who had allegedly heard a woman screaming, and when police arrived the court heard Voll was allegedly found with her underwear in his pocket.

It is understood CCTV footage will form part of the prosecution case.

Jonathon Voll has been charged over another alleged sexual assault.

The former Business Port Stephens board member and hospitality entrepreneur was charged with sexual intercourse without consent, taking a person in company with intent to commit a serious indictable offence, aggravated sexual assault while depriving liberty and common assault.

But it can now be revealed Voll is also facing an additional charge of sexual intercourse without consent, which relates to an alleged incident at Nelson Bay on August 4 – almost a month earlier – with a separate alleged victim in the early hours of the morning.

In Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday it was heard Voll had another separate matter in June with his solicitor asking that his current charges go to that same date.

Shortly after his arrest last year Voll made a bid for bail, with the court hearing he needed to be home with his pregnant wife and had obligations to employees being a primary operator of a hospitality business in the Port Stephens area.

At the time he was willing to put up $25,000 in surety and abide by a 24-hour curfew but the magistrate said it was a very strong prosecution case and a matter of a serious nature, before he was refused bail.