A Sydney man will face court over the alleged grooming and sexual assault of a teenage girl in Batemans Bay.
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Police allege that in 2014 a then-32-year-old man began communicating with a 13-year-old girl through an internet-based messaging application.
The man allegedly met the girl in Batemans Bay and Sydney on several occasions between 2014 and 2018, where he allegedly sexually abused her.
The matter was reported to South Coast Police District in June 2019.
Following extensive inquiries, the 37-year-old man was arrested outside a unit complex in Chatswood at about 3pm on Monday, October 14.
The man was taken to Chatswood Police Station where he was charged with two counts of grooming, 12 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 16, and six counts of indecent assault.
He was refused bail and is due to face Hornsby Local Court on Tuesday, October 15.