Investigators allegedly discovered four females had been sexually assaulted between 1974 and 2023, with three of them under the age of 16 at the time.
Police established a strike force in October 2022 to investigate claims of historic sex abuse in the Central West region of the state.
A New South Wales man has been charged with more than 70 historical sex offences. A 63-year-old man was arrested from a home in Forbes, at 8.45am yesterday following extensive inquiries. He was charged with 70 offences including, acts of indecency with a girl under 16 years, attempted rape, aggravated indecent assault, aggravated sexual assault, committing an act of indecency, have sexual intercourse with a person aged 14 years or over and under 16 years, aggravated sexual assault, sexual intercourse without consent, sexually touch another person without consent, assault with an act of indecency.
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