Man charged with sexually assaulting three women on footpaths

A 20-year-old man has been charged with sexual offences on the Sunshine Coast.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with sexual offences after reports multiple women had been inappropriately touched while exercising on footpaths in Buderim, Mountain Creek and Sippy Downs.

Police will allege the man inappropriately touched three women, not known to him, on three separate occasions at Glenfields Boulevard in Mountain Creek on 11 September, Cavalry Way in Sippy Downs on 29 October and the corner of Hawthorn Court and Karawatha Drive in Buderim on 9 November.

Investigations by the Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Mountain Creek man on 8 November and he has since been charged with three counts of sexual assault.

He is due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 29 November.

Police are appealing to anyone with further information or anyone who has witnessed similar incidents to contact police.