A 35-year-old man charged with the sexual assault of a five-year-old girl at Cooks Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula early last year has appeared in court.
Cooks Beach Photo: PHOTO NZ
The man, who has interim name suppression, faced one charge of indecent assault when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court this morning. He did not enter a plea.
He was granted bail on the condition he does not enter parks, reserves or beaches or associate with anyone under the age of 16.
The man will reappear on 16 November.