Teen, 14, to front court after alleged sexual abuse of 63-year-old woman as she slept

A teenage boy has been charged with allegedly breaking into a 63-year-old woman’s house as she slept and sexually assaulting her.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly breaking into a woman’s house as she slept and sexually assaulting her in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Police were called to the woman’s home in Casino, northern NSW, just before 3am after reports a woman had been assaulted by an intruder.

Officers were told the 63-year-old woman, who lived alone, had been asleep when a stranger allegedly entered her bedroom, threatened and sexually abused her, then fled through the back door.

The woman was taken to Lismore Base Hospital for treatment and underwent a sexual assault investigation kit, while police established a crime scene at her home.

Following extensive inquiries from local police and the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad, a 14-year-old boy was arrested at a home in Casino at 9.45pm.

Police executed a search warrant at the property, where items believed relevant to the investigation were seized for forensic examination.

The teenager was charged with aggravated break and enter and two counts of sexually touching a person without consent.

He was refused bail and will appear at a children’s court on Friday March 18.