15-05-2025
Kimberley man, 74, charged with alleged indecent assault on Broome sunbather
A 74-year-old Kimberley man has been charged with indecently assaulting a woman sunbaking at a popular tourism location in Western Australia's north.
Police are alleging that, at 2:40pm on Wednesday, a 23-year-old woman was at Town Beach Reserve, Broome, when she was approached by a man she did not know.
A police spokesperson said the man indecently assaulted the woman before she was able to run to a nearby group of people who contacted police.
Broome detectives arrested 74-year-old Manuel Bower at 6pm on Wednesday.
Mr Bower, of Fitzroy Crossing, has been charged with one count of unlawful and indecent assault and is due to face Broome Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Kimberley Police Superintendent John Hutchison said violence against women was "never OK" and would not be tolerated.
"Assistance from members of the public enabled us to apprehend this offender very quickly," he said.
It is the second alleged sex assault in Broome this week.
Kununurra man Vincent Junior, 43, appeared in court yesterday after allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman unknown to him in Broome on Monday evening.
