Three men charged after attacks on two women in Sydney homes
Three men have been arrested after police linked two violent home invasions in Sydney's south-west, in which two women were attacked. The incidents, occurring two days apart in Arncliffe and Bankstown, prompted a combined investigation that led to the suspects being charged with multiple serious offences within 48 hours of the second attack.
A 31-year-old woman was threatened with a knife, sexually assaulted and robbed during the first invasion on Tuesday midnight; a 32-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed on Thursday morning. The three suspects (aged 20, 19 and 18) were arrested following search warrants executed across three suburbs and face charges including aggravated sexual assault, aggravated break and enter, robbery and use of offensive weapons. Both victims received hospital treatment for minor injuries.
- Three men arrested after two home invasions in Sydney within 48 hours.
- One woman threatened with knife and sexually assaulted; both robbed in separate invasions.
- Suspects aged 18, 19 and 20; all charged with serious offences.
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A home invasion is when offenders forcibly enter a residential property to commit crimes such as robbery or assault. Such attacks violate victims' safety and security in their own homes. In this case, two women in Sydney's south-west were targeted in separate incidents just two days apart.
The first victim, a 31-year-old woman, was threatened with a knife, sexually assaulted and robbed during a break-in just after midnight on a Tuesday. The second victim, a 32-year-old woman, was assaulted and robbed in her home two days later. Both women received hospital treatment for minor injuries.
Three men aged between 18 and 20 have been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated break and enter, robbery and use of offensive weapons. Police connected the two attacks through investigation and identified the suspects within 48 hours of the second incident.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Two women allegedly attacked in separate Sydney home invasions – with one held at knifepoint and sexually assaulted”.