Sexual Assault

Last week Astor Legal appeared at Fairfield Local Court in relation to a bail application. Our client had initially been charged with two separate allegations of sexual touching and was already on strict bail conditions. Some months later, Police laid a third charge of sexual touching against him and took him into custody.  His family […]

Our Client is a 22-year-old university student from Sydney. He attended a nightclub in Sydney CBD where he met a female on the dancefloor. While dancing the pair kissed. Unfortunately for our client, the female’s boyfriend was in the nightclub and became aware of what happened. Later in the night the female’s boyfriend confronted our […]

Recently Astor Legal appeared at Downing Centre Local Court in relation to an application to vary bail. Our client was charged with sexual assault after a tinder date. Prior to police arresting him, our client flew and had to be extradited back to Sydney. You can read about that successful bail application here. A few […]

Recently Astor Legal appeared at Downing Centre Local Court in relation to a bail application. Our client was charged with sexual intercourse without consent after a tinder date. Prior to police arresting him, our client flew to another jurisdiction to meet his sister. Police were unable to locate him and released a statement to the […]

This week Astor Legal were successful in having sexual assault charges dropped after negotiations with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Our client is a 21-year-old apprentice plumber who lived at home with his parents. He had gone to the same high school as a female who he met on a night out. The pair […]

Our Client is a 58-year-old man from Sydney. He was contacted by Police in relation to a complaint that was made of sexual abuse 40 years ago. He was subsequently arrested on allegations of child sexual assault and indecent assault charges. He contacted us as he was walking to the Police station. We immediately got […]

Last week Astor Legal appeared at Manly Local Court on behalf of a 34-year-old doctor. Our client worked in a well-known hospital. A number of nurses had made complaints to the hospital’s human resources department that he had touched their private parts during work hours. Following the incident our client was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder […]

Our client was a 24-year-old man from Laos. He was studying Law and Economics at the University of New South Wales. On one particular night he attended the house of one of his friends. Also present were his friend’s girlfriend and a roommate. A significant amount of alcohol was consumed by all parties. Eventually, the […]

Our client is a 41-year-old man who had been in a relationship with a female partner for 12 months. They were also work colleagues. Police alleged that on one Saturday in August, our client had pushing her onto a bed, grab her by the vagina and twisted. They also alleged that on a separate occasion […]

Our client is a 28-year-old musician who had been struggling with mental health issues for a number of years. He consumed a number of alcoholic drinks one night and went into a psychosis. He believed that his drink had been spiked, however there was no evidence to support this. While in his psychosis, he was […]