Broome sex attack: Midland man, 52, charged with rape of woman jogger

Police have charged a man over the terrifying rape of a woman as she was out on her morning jog in Broome. The woman, aged in her 40s, was running on a track alongside Gubinge Road, between Jigal Drive and Sayonara Road, when she was approached by a man walking in the opposite direction on Friday. Police allege that as the pair crossed paths, the man grabbed the victim and sexually assaulted her. The woman fought him off and screamed for help. Several members of the community came to her aid, and police say the alleged rapist threatened those who had come to help. “There was no physical altercation, but the man made verbal threats to the members of the public who tried to intervene before he ran away,” Det-Sen. Sgt Brian Beck said last week. Police on Sunday revealed Broome Detectives had executed a search warrant at a hotel at Cable Beach on Saturday and arrested a 52-year-old man — who is from Midland — who was staying there. The accused has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual penetration without consent. He is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Sunday.