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Cold case rape charges laid

A 53 year-old Bell Post Hill man has been charged in relation to a sexual assault alleged to have occurred in Lorne in 1986.
Cold Case Sexual Crime Squad detectives charged the man with abduction, aggravated rape, attempted aggravated rape and assault.
He has been bailed to appear at Geelong Magistrates’ Court on 15 March.

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