Arrest over woman’s alleged kidnap, sexual assault and extortion in Sydney’s west
A man has been extradited from Victoria over the alleged kidnapping, sexual assault and extortion of a woman in Sydney’s west earlier this year.
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A man has been extradited from Victoria over the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in Sydney’s west earlier this year.
A cross-state operation was triggered after officers were called to Epping on April 20 following reports a woman had been kidnapped.
Police arrived and were told a woman had allegedly been forced into a Toyota Camry by a group of unknown men, before the vehicle left the scene.
Detectives attached to State Crime Command’s Robbery & Serious Crime Squad established Strike Force Held to investigate the incident.
The following day, detectives located the 36-year-old woman at a different address in Sydney’s west, where she told police she had been allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted.
Police will allege in court the man kidnapped and drugged the woman before photographing her during the sexual assault and threatening to release the images unless the woman paid him $300k.
Strike force detectives immediately took the woman to hospital for treatment.
Following inquiries, detectives executed a search warrant at a home in Eastwood on April 22.
During the search, detectives located clothing belonging to the woman, prohibited drugs, and bindings – believed to have been used during the alleged sexual assault.
The items – which were all located in a bin – were seized for further forensic examination.
Following further inquiries detectives – with assistance from Victoria Police – arrested a 29-year-old man on Thursday.
He was extradited to Sydney and taken to Mascot Police Station where he was charged with take/detain in company with intent to ransom occasion actual bodily harm, knowingly direct activities of criminal group, aggravated sexual assault in company and deprive liberty, intentionally record intimate images without consent, threaten to distribute intimate images without consent and use intoxicating substance to commit indictable offence.
The man was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court on Saturday.
Investigations under Strike Force Held continue.
Anyone with information that may assist investigators is urged to contact Crime Stoppers:
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