A 71-year-old Victorian man is set to face Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, September 24 after being charged with allegedly indecently assaulting a female passenger on an international flight from the United States.
The woman reported to airline crew during the flight the man had allegedly touched her inappropriately and reached inside her clothes while she attempted to sleep during a flight on Monday, September 22.
Crew members moved the woman to a different seat for the remainder of the flight and alerted the AFP, who met the flight when it landed and interviewed the 71-year-old man and a witness.
The AFP arrested the man and charged him with one count of act of indecency without consent.
He was bailed ahead of his court appearance.
AFP Detective Superintendent Stephen Cook said the AFP took any allegation of inappropriate or criminal behaviour on land or in the air very seriously.
“Every traveller on an aircraft should be able to feel safe from harm and should be confident that the AFP always takes action when we receive reports of alleged crime,” he said.
