10 Year Old Charged With Sexual Assault in Cairns

A 10-year-old boy remains in the community and will not be placed in custody after he was charged with sexually assaulting an Italian traveller in Cairns.

A police vehicle and tape in Cairns, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2014. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

A 10-year-old boy has been charged with the sexual assault of an Italian national in Cairns, according to the Queensland Police Service.

On May 9, Cairns Police Detective Inspector Kevin Goan said they received a call at 10 a.m. a day earlier and that the assault against the 23-year-old Italian woman happened in a busy shopping area in the city’s CBD.