Sex assault on 4-year-old

A TEENAGER has been charged with sexually assaulting a four-year-old in a remote Northern Territory town.

The 16-year-old male was due to appear in the Alice Springs Youth Court yesterday after being charged with sexually assaulting the child at Ali Curung. Local mayor Steve Edgington said the remote community southeast of Tennant Creek was in shock and the incident would deeply affect its residents.

“We believe the four-yearold has been taken to the Alice Springs hospital and we hope the child and family are receiving all the support they need,” he said.