Four Mandurah and Pinjarra men have appeared in court accused of separate sex crimes, including indecently assaulting a teenager with special needs, having sex with a child under 13 and sexually assaulting a victim during a home burglary.
Data the Mail collated from September shows 28 sex assault charges went before the Mandurah Magistrates Court including indecently dealing with a family member and distributing child exploitation material.
On Tuesday, a 52-year-old Pinjarra man did not enter a plea to sexually penetrating a 13-year-old twice, indecently dealing with a 13-year-old twice and procuring or inciting a child to engage in sexual behaviour.
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Police prosecutor Tamara Read told the court the offences were committed between January 1, 1999 and December 7, 1999 in Pinjarra.
The man’s bail was extended and he is due to reappear on February 12, in the Mandurah Magistrates Court.
A 61-year-old Wannanup man pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting a 17-year-old victim with special needs in Mandurah on November 16, 2018.
He is due to reappear in the Mandurah Magistrates Court on January 29, 2019.
A 38-year-old, who previously entered not guilty pleas to five counts of indecently dealing with a child who was in a lineal or defacto relative, told the court he had received all the details of the police evidence against him.
The Mandurah man has been remanded to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on January 15, 2019.
Lastly, a 32-year-old Singleton man who appeared from Hakea prison is accused of committing indecent assault on an adult during an aggravated home burglary.
The man told the court he planned to apply for bail and is due to reappear via video link on February 12, 2019.
The Mandurah Mail can not identify the accused for legal reasons.
Carla Hildebrandt
Journalist at the Mandurah Mail
Journalist at the Mandurah Mail
