A respite carer has been charged following an investigation into the alleged indecent assaults of two children near Newcastle. In October 2018, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation following reports two young girls had been indecently assaulted by a man while they were in his care. Following extensive investigations, detectives arrested a 69-year-old man at a home in Newcastle just before 1pm yesterday. He was taken to Waratah Police Station and charged with six counts of indecent assault person under 16 years of age. Police will allege in court that the man indecently assaulted the girls – then aged six and 11 – on several occasions while they were in his care in October 2018. The man has been refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court
