NSW police officer charged after alleged sexual assault in Cronulla, Sydney

A NSW police officer has been charged following an alleged sexual assault in Sydney’s south in September 2023.

A serving NSW police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney’s south almost a year and a half ago.

Police began investigations after receiving a report of that a woman had allegedly been sexually assaulted at a home in Cronulla by a man she met at a hotel on Saturday September 16, 2023.

The constable has been out of the workplace for just over a year. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Officers attached to Sutherland Police Area Command established a crime scene at the Cronulla home after the woman reported the alleged assault on September 17, 2023.

The 25-year-old officer was arrested at his Dulwich Hill home and taken to Newtown Police Station.

He has been charged with two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.

The constable is attached to a Central Metropolitian Region command but has been out of the workplace since November 2023.

He was granted conditional bail to attended Newtown Local Court on April 14.

His employment status is under review.