A 37-year-old Balcatta man has been charged with child sex offences against a four-year-old boy after an investigation by the Child Abuse Squad.
It will be alleged that in July 2016 the man sexually and physically assaulted a boy, who was known to him.
The man has been charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child, one count of indecent dealing with a child and one count of aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm.
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