Pictured: Man, 34, accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at a Melbourne train station as she made her way home from school
- A Footscray man, 34, was charged with sexual assault of a child on Monday
- The man allegedly attacked a 12-year-old girl at a train station on February 21
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at a Melbourne train station last month has been charged.
The 34-year-old suspect, from Footscray, Victoria, handed himself in to a metropolitan police station on Monday, police said.
Detectives from the Transit Safety Division had urged the accused predator to come forward after CCTV footage captured a man leaving the Footscray Railway Station on February 21 at the time of the attack.
Police released stills taken from CCTV footage on Sunday of a man they wanted to question
CCTV footage captured a man leaving the Footscray Railway Station on February 21 at the time of the attack
Detective Senior Constable Ashley Marsland warned the man to hand himself in after officers obtained the footage.
'We will find you, we've got good pictures of you,' he said at the time.
The girl had reportedly been on her way home from school when she was allegedly sexually assaulted in front of station staff in broad daylight.
The man walked away after witnesses quickly intervened.
He has been charged with sexual assault of a child under the age of 16 and will face Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Police released stills taken from CCTV footage on Sunday of a man they wanted to question
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