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Third man charged over alleged 2015 sex assault of teenage girl - Parramatta

NSW Police·
Third man charged over alleged 2015 sex assault of teenage girl - Parramatta
Parramatta, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A third man has been arrested following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl at Parramatta more than 10 years ago.

In 2025, officers attached to Parramatta Police Area Command commenced an investigation after receiving reports a 17-year-old girl had been sexually assaulted on Tuesday 8 December 2015 at a unit in Parramatta.

Investigators established Strike Force Dwarda and, following extensive inquiries, two men, both aged 27, were arrested at an address in Merrylands on Monday 18 May 2026.

They were both charged with aggravated sexual assault and remain before the courts.

Following further inquiries, about 8.30am yesterday (Friday 23 October 2026), officers arrested a 27-year-old man at a home in Granville.

He was taken to Parramatta Police Station where he was charged with aggravated sex assault offender in company with other or others.

The man was bail refused to appear at Bail Division Local Court 9 today (Saturday 24 October 2026).

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Crime in the Parramatta council area

Parramatta is a council area in New South Wales with about 279,014 residents. It has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 230th of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (79th percentile), assault (34th percentile), homicide (46th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.

Violent
923 per 100k
Property
3,042 per 100k
Break-ins
313 per 100k
Theft
1,720 per 100k

See the full Parramatta crime profile

2016-17: 790 per 100,0002017-18: 796 per 100,0002018-19: 802 per 100,0002019-20: 815 per 100,0002020-21: 839 per 100,0002021-22: 786 per 100,0002022-23: 841 per 100,0002023-24: 932 per 100,0002024-25: 907 per 100,0002025-26: 923 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Parramatta, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 17% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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