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Baldivis man (24) charged for inappropriately touching seven-year-old girl

Gabrielle JefferyWeekend Kwinana Courier

ROCKINGHAM Detectives have charged a man with indecent dealing of a child under 13 years thanks to information received from the public.

Police said they apprehended a 24-year-old Baldivis man on Saturday, April 2.

It was in relation to an incident on December 20, 2015 at 4.15pm, when the man, riding a black scooter, approached a seven-year-old girl who was roller skating with her brother on the footpath on Wanderer Parkway.

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Police said the man got off his scooter and approached the girl and touched her inappropriately before getting back on his scooter and riding off.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Rockingham Magistrates Court on April 12.