{"id":76774,"date":"2026-08-20T21:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/76774\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:50:28","slug":"man-charged-with-rape-after-woman-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-in-brookfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/76774\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with rape after woman allegedly sexually assaulted in Brookfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has been charged with multiple counts of rape following investigations into an alleged sexual assault in Brisbane’s west.<\/p>\n

Queensland police say initial investigations indicate a woman in her 20s was walking at Brookfield about 6:30am on Thursday when she was stopped by a man not known to her and assaulted.<\/p>\n

“The man, described as wearing black shorts and a black jumper, then fled on foot,” police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The woman was walking on Brookfield Road, approaching the Brookfield Road bridge.<\/p>\n

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Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said the woman was “traumatised” by the alleged assault. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)<\/p>\n

Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said the woman was “traumatised” by the alleged incident.<\/p>\n

“She was a determined young lady who knew what was occurring to her was horrific,” Detective Superintendent Massingham said.<\/p>\n

“She knew her help was some distance away, but she was very lucky to make it through an adjoining creek up towards the showgrounds at Brookfield where she called for assistance.”<\/p>\n

A 32-year-old man was arrested nearby.<\/p>\n

He has been charged with six counts of rape, and one count each of stalking, assault with intent to commit rape, assault occasioning bodily harm and deprivation of liberty.<\/p>\n

Police said the charges were related to the one alleged incident.<\/p>\n

He is expected to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police are on the scene at Brookfield after a sexual assault on Thursday morning. (ABC News: Lucy Loram)<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Detective Superintendent Massingham said local officers would be conducting “enhanced patrols” in the Brookfield and greater western Brisbane areas throughout the rest of the week.<\/p>\n

“I say to the people of Brookfield tonight, we are with you, we stand with you, and we are there in numbers to protect you tonight,” he said.<\/p>\n

Anyone who may have been in the area between 5:45am and 6:45am, particularly anyone with dash-cam footage, is being urged to contact police.<\/p>\n

In June, police issued a separate public appeal for Brookfield after an 11-year-old girl told officers a man unknown to her approached her on Westridge Street.<\/p>\n

“It has been reported that the man placed his hand on the girl’s side, causing her to fall, before he returned to his vehicle and left,” police said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged with multiple counts of rape following investigations into an alleged sexual assault in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99,113418,201,1047,211,230,1712,113417,81759,12205],"class_list":["post-76774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-brisbane","tag-brookfield-road","tag-cctv","tag-police","tag-qld","tag-queensland-police","tag-sexual-assault","tag-sexual-assault-appeal","tag-stranger","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774","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=76774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}