Sydney man set to face court over alleged indecent assault during flight from Los Angeles

A man will face a Sydney court after he was charged with the alleged indecent assault of a fellow passenger during an international flight from the USA.

A man has been charged over the alleged indecent assault of another passenger during an international flight. Picture: AFP

A Sydney man is set to appear before a court today after allegedly sexually touching a fellow passenger on an international US flight back in May.

In a statement released by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) it said on May 29, a 36-year-old man is alleged to have touched a female passenger inappropriately on the buttock and the thigh, while she tried to sleep.

It will be alleged by police this incident happened on an international flight from Los Angeles.

It’s alleged the man had moved seats and sat in the same row as the woman, who was not known to him.

As soon as the crew members on-board the flight were made aware, they moved the woman to a different section of the plane for the remainder of the flight.

The man was arrested as he left a flight from Sydney International Airport. Generic image.

The AFP were alerted to the incident and met the plane when it landed, interviewing the man and the alleged witnesses.

Police issued the man with a court attendance notice for one count of act of indecency without consent, which the maximum penalty is seven years’ in jail.

The man will appear before the Downing Centre Local Court today.

AFP Detective Inspector Dom Stephenson has warned that these allegations are taken seriously, whether they’d be in the air or on land.

“No one on an aircraft should feel unsafe because of the behaviour of other travellers and if someone has committed an offence, the AFP will take action,” Det Insp Stephenson said.

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