{"id":65497,"date":"2026-08-05T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/65497\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:44:10","slug":"melbourne-man-charged-with-grooming-raping-wa-girl-he-allegedly-met-online-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/65497\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne man charged with grooming, raping WA girl he allegedly met online gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A Melbourne man has been remanded in custody after being extradited to Perth to face charges of sexually assaulting a girl he allegedly met on social media and through online gaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said Gumarn Yenpensook Coldicott, 31, dealt with the teenager online before flying to Perth to meet her in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He has been accused of indecent dealing, making an indecent recording and three counts of sexual penetration of a child, over the age of 13 and under 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The girl, from WA&#8217;s Kimberley region, came forward in January this year and reported the crimes, according to detectives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The blurred-out image of a man stands between three police officers as they escort him into the back of a police vehicle.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792dd70057c5c4d8dd492e303efa0acc.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The man is facing five charges, including three counts of sexual penetration of a child. (Supplied: WA Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">WA Police, Victoria Police Sexual Crimes Investigation Team and the Australian Border Force executed a search warrant at a Point Cook address on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Coldicott was arrested and extradited to Perth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He appeared briefly in the Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday and did not apply for bail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Exterior of a court building featuring silver steel lettering.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1fddfa5ccb58a2d2d32770cd60bbc414.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The man has faced Perth Magistrates Court after his extradition. (ABC News: Keana Naughton)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He did not speak, only nodding to imply he understood the charges against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Very serious&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said the alleged offences were &#8220;very serious&#8221;, adding that it was especially alarming for parents that the allegations involved a gaming platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The very nature that that engagement did occur across the country on gaming and\/or social media platforms is concerning,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A mid-shot of WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch speaking into microphones outside ABC Perth.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6dcea1b63f6194baa442572d005bcc63.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Col Blanch says the allegations are concerning for parents.\u00a0 (ABC News: Jasmine Hughes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;It just reinforces, if you&#8217;re a young person and you&#8217;re at home, parents should be involved in your life enough to know what you are doing and who you&#8217;re talking to because things like this sadly do happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Melbourne man has been remanded in custody after being extradited to Perth to face charges of sexually&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6240,13950,81153,64957,81157,81154,335,466,463,81156,465,81155,464],"class_list":["post-65497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-child-sex-abuse","tag-child-sexual-abuse","tag-extradited","tag-extradition","tag-girl-abused","tag-girl-groomed","tag-perth","tag-perth-courts","tag-perth-news","tag-victoria-extradition","tag-wa-courts","tag-wa-extradition","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}