Broome man charged after alleged rape of a woman at Cable Beach 'bush doof'
West Australian police have charged a 19-year-old with raping a woman at a "bush doof" beach party in the tourism town of Broome over the weekend.
A police spokesperson said the alleged incident happened at Cable Beach, 2,080 kilometres north of Perth, in the early hours on Sunday.
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Police allege the 19-year-old sexually assaulted a woman, who was known to him, in the vicinity of the event on the beach.
On Tuesday officers charged the man from Cable Beach with one count of aggravated sexual penetration without consent.
The 19-year-old's bail was refused by police and he is set to appear before the Broome Magistrates Court today.
"Doofs" are popular in the tourism town with impromptu outdoor dance parties frequently held at local beaches and in bushland just outside the Broome town centre.
Reward outstanding after 2022 attack
The incident comes as police continue to search for a man who
Police on the way to investigate a sex assault that happened a Broome beach in 2022.
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No-one has been charged over the offence which police labelled at the time as "random and vicious".
In September 2024 police
It was the first time a reward for information was offered for a sexual assault in Western Australia.
A police spokesperson said an investigation into the 2022 incident was ongoing.
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