{"id":555226,"date":"2026-03-21T15:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555226\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:58:13","slug":"wa-police-charge-teen-with-alleged-indecent-assault-of-14-women-in-kingsley-hillarys-in-perths-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555226\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Police charge teen with alleged indecent assault of 14 women in Kingsley, Hillarys in Perth’s north"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenage boy has been charged after he allegedly assaulted 14 women while they were exercising in Perth’s northern suburbs.<\/p>\n

Police allege the 14-year-old indecently assaulted the women while they were out walking or jogging at Lake Goollelal and Shepherds Bush Reserve in Kingsley, and along Hepburn Avenue in Hillarys.<\/p>\n

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A bike path near Lake Goollelal in Kingsley. (ABC News: Aran Hart)<\/p>\n

He was allegedly riding an e-bicycle at the time of the incidents, which occurred over a two-week period between February 28 and March 15.<\/p>\n

In a statement, police said the investigation was ongoing, as they increased patrols of the area.<\/p>\n

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The alleged assaults occurred between February 28 and March 15. (ABC News: Aran Hart)<\/p>\n

“Detectives continue to actively review information and conduct further inquiries to ensure all incidents are fully investigated,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“Police acknowledge the concern these incidents may have caused in the community and reassure residents that additional patrols and investigative resources have been deployed in the affected areas.”<\/p>\n

Sexual assault\u00a0support lines:<\/p>\n

The 14-year-old, from Darch, has been charged with a string of alleged offences, including 14 counts of indecent assault and driving an unlicensed vehicle on a road.<\/p>\n

He is due to face Joondalup Children’s Court on April 14.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenage boy has been charged after he allegedly assaulted 14 women while they were exercising in Perth’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,215165,234077,274264,44,14666,86,6671,274265,41,39,42,40,14665,45,7977,274263],"class_list":["post-555226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-hillarys","tag-kingsley","tag-lake-goollelal","tag-news","tag-perth-courts","tag-perth-news","tag-sexual-assault","tag-shepherds-bush-reserve","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-wa-courts","tag-wa-news","tag-wa-police","tag-women-assaulted-while-exercising-perth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}