Victorian teenager fights off attempted abduction
Date: April 21 2017
Melissa Cunningham
Police have arrested a man following an attempted abduction of a teenage girl in regional Victoria.
New South Wales Police arrested the man in Barooga after he allegedly attempted to abduct and sexually assault a 15-year-old girl in the Murray River border town of Cobram on Thursday.
It is believed a the girl was walking through the Cobram showgrounds, near Ivy Street, at about 4.40pm when the man approached her.
She managed to fight him off and was taken to hospital.
The 30-year-old man was arrested at 9pm on Thursday night, and extradited to Victoria on Friday.
He has been remanded to face the Shepparton Magistrates' Court on 18 July, with charges of attempted abduction for the purpose of sexual penetration, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.