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A man has been arrested over the alleged sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl in a Perth home.
Police are also examining a fly-screen window taken from the home.
Detectives believe the girl went to bed as normal about 8pm on Boxing Day before a man broke into the family’s Ellenbrook home, in the city’s north-east, and assaulted the girl.
He left with the girl’s pyjama top and her parents were unaware of the incident until the girl told her father the next day, police said.
The girl has been examined at the Perth Children’s Hospital and is now with her family following the “utterly traumatic” incident.
“The concern of the WA Police is that we have an unknown offender at this stage who’s committed a heinous sexual assault on a seven-year-old child,” Inspector Hamish McKenzie said.
The arrest came after police released CCTV footage showing a man scaling the fence of the property.
The man in custody is assisting with inquiries, police said.
More information is expected later today.
Source: 9News
