A young man who was allegedly raped at knifepoint in a Sydney park pleaded for help from bystanders after the terrifying attack, a court has heard.
Father-of-three Malik Ahmad, 33, was refused bail on Wednesday after he allegedly lured a 13-year-old boy from Mount Druitt train station to a nearby park shortly after 1.15am last Thursday.
He allegedly threatened the boy with a knife and raped him before fleeing the scene in a white van.
The boy then frantically flagged down drivers to ask where the police station was so he could report his alleged assault, a court heard.
Police arrested Ahmad on Duke Street in Mount Druitt at 6.20pm on Tuesday.
“He was taken to Mt Druitt Police Station where he was charged with aggravated sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14 years and intentional sexual touching of a child aged between 10 and 16 years,” a NSW Police spokesman said.
Ahmad’s defence lawyer, Aqib Javed, told Mount Druitt Local Court that his client intends to fight the charges. The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
He argued that the father of three should be released on bail to support his pregnant wife and that he was unable to receive proper treatment for a gunshot wound to his leg.
Malik Ahmad, 33, was reportedly refused bail on Wednesday after he allegedly lured a 13-year-old boy from Mount Druitt train station (pictured) to a nearby park shortly after 1.15am last Thursday.
He allegedly threatened the boy with a knife and raped him before fleeing the scene in a white van.
But the police prosecutor strongly opposed bail, arguing there was no evidence of a gunshot wound.
He said the prosecution’s case was based on high-quality CCTV cameras, which captured Ahmad and his alleged victim at various times.
Magistrate Bree Chisholm refused Ahmad bail, saying he was charged with an “opportunistic and disruptive attack on a vulnerable child” and that the prosecution’s case was “overwhelming”.
“It is in the public interest that he remains in custody,” he said.
Ahmad’s wife, to whom he has reportedly been married for 14 years, wept outside the court.
He will face Penrith Local Court again on October 18.
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