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Man charged with sexual assault of a young girl

Police have charged a man with raping a young girl which allegedly left her in hospital with injuries.

11-year-old girl taken to hospital after alleged sexual assault in Melbourne

A man has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl in Melbourne.

Emergency services were called to Boundary Road near Racecourse Road in North Melbourne where an 11-year-old child was allegedly sexually assaulted just before 2pm on Thursday.

Police quickly swarmed the scene and knocked door to door following the alleged attack, while the girl was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable condition.

Police at the scene following the alleged incident. Picture 7News
Police at the scene following the alleged incident. Picture 7News

Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation team detectives arrested a North Melbourne and later charged him with one count of rape.

He was remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

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