An 18-year-old man has been charged over a series of alleged home invasions and sex attacks on elderly women in Sydney’s west.
The teenager turned himself in to Dee Why Police Station in the city’s northern beaches just before 6pm on Monday night.
It comes less than a week after detectives released photos of a man they wished to speak to in relation to a string of attacks in Merryland.
Multiple homes on Elsinore Street, Grace Crescent, Davies Road and Norma Place were allegedly targeted between 2am and 6.20am on Thursday.
Two of the incidents involved elderly women in their 80s.
Police allege the man produced a knife and attempted to sexually assault one of the elderly women while another was sexually touched.
The 18-year-old man was charged with 16 offences, including aggravated break and enter, aggravated sexual assault, armed robbery, and multiple counts of sexual touching without consent.
More to come.