26/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 26/08/2024 04:04
Monday, 26 August 2024 01:46:50 PM
A man remains before the courts after a teenage girl was allegedly held against her will at a property in Lake Macquarie.
Officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District responded to a 16-year-old girl that had allegedly been threatened by a man, armed with a firearm, about 3.45pm on Friday 23 August 2024, on Martinsville Road, Martinsville.
The girl was then allegedly forced into the boot of a sedan, before she was taken to a house on Freemans Drive, Cooranbong, where she was detained overnight.
About 11am on Saturday 23 August 2024, the girl was taken to a church in Cooranbong where she was able to alert police.
A 69-year-old man was arrested a short time later and taken to Toronto Police Station where he was charged with:
He appeared before the Newcastle Local Court today (Monday 26 August 2024) where he was formally refused bail to appear before the same court on Wednesday 23 October 2024.
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