Man charged with rape after woman allegedly followed from Broadmeadows train station and sexually assaulted

A man has been charged with rape after a woman was allegedly followed from a train station and assaulted in a terrifying late night attack.

A man is accused of carrying out a terrifying sexual assault on a woman he allegedly followed home from a train station in Melbourne’s north on Monday.

Murat Balcioglu, 20, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Meadow Heights.

He was interviewed by police and charged with five counts of rape, false imprisonment, intentionally causing injury, making threats to kill and committing an indictable offence while on bail.

Mr Balcioglu appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court, where he did not apply for bail.

He will be remanded in custody until the matter returns to court in July.

“At this stage the exact circumstances of the incident are still being determined and detectives have been at the crime scene throughout today,” police said in an earlier statement.

Officers were told Mr Balcioglu allegedly followed a woman into a premises on Railway Crescent in Broadmeadows in the early hours of Monday morning.

Police will allege the man sexually and physically assaulted her before fleeing the scene.

She reported the incident to the local police station and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Originally published as Man charged with rape after woman allegedly followed from Broadmeadows train station and sexually assaulted