Boy charged over series of indecent assaults on women at Nightcliff foreshore, hospital car park
The boy, who police say is under the age of 15, has been charged with multiple offences including indecent touching or act without consent and attempt sexual intercourse without consent.
In a statement, the NT Police Force said officers had arrested the boy on April 30, initially for the alleged assault of two women at a hospital car park in the northern Darwin suburb of Tiwi.
Police said the boy "indecently touched two women and was subsequently charged", and was placed on remand with a court date set for May 7.
However, in the lead-up to his court appearance, police said officers had connected the boy to four other, separate assaults that all took place at a popular beachside walking spot in late April.
They said the first report police had received, on April 17, was of a male who allegedly assaulted a woman as she was walking along the Nightcliff foreshore at around 6:30am.
In their statement, police said the description of the alleged offender provided from this incident was "crucial" to officers being able to link him to the incident at the hospital car park, which occurred on the same day.
Police allege that five days later, on April 22, the man indecently assaulted another woman who was running along the Nightcliff foreshore at about 11am.
The next day, police received another report at 6pm that a man had allegedly "grappled" with a woman after "indecently assaulting" her along the foreshore.
Police said the victim screamed for help, when a "passing vehicle noticed the struggle and immediately stopped to render assistance".
"The alleged offender fled the scene before police arrived," the police statement said.
The last alleged incident occurred six days later at 7:20pm, also at the foreshore, where police received reports that a male, who was naked, had attacked a woman from "behind" while she was walking along the foreshore.
Police said DNA evidence gathered from the victims had "returned a positive DNA match to the already arrested youth".
The boy is now remanded to appear in court on May 20.
Detective Senior Sergeant Burns said police commended the victims for their bravery in assisting police, and encouraged anyone affected by similar incidents to report them.
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