NT: Evidence mounting against boy on attacks charges, magistrate

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2006
NT: Evidence mounting against boy on attacks charges, magistrate

A Darwin magistrate says forensic evidence against a 14-year-old school boy .. charged
over a series of attacks on women .. is mounting.

The boy has appeared in the Juvenile Court again .. applying for bail on nine charges
of sexual attacks on women .. including three counts of sexual assault.

Prosecutors have told the court .. in one of the alleged attacks .. a woman holding
a map had approached the boy for directions .. the teen then grabbed it from her and indecently
assaulted her.

The court has been told preliminary tests indicate the boy's fingerprints are on the
map .. and three of the alleged victims identified him from photoboards.

Magistrate JOHN LOWNDES says even if more forensic evidence doesn't implicate the teen
.. he's unlikely to grant bail.

The bail hearing has been adjourned until Wednesday September 6.

AAP RTV str/jlw/es/bart

KEYWORD: ATTACKS (DARWIN)

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