A MAN in his 40s has appeared in court charged over an indecent assault and attempted rape at Scarsdale on Sunday.
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Gavin Field, of Staffordshire Reef, near Scarsdale, appeared briefly in Ballarat Magistrates Court on Monday and was remanded in custody with no bail application made.
Field is charged with assault with intent to rape, indecent assault, aggravated burglary, attempting to enter a building to assault, entering a building to assault and assault.
Field, dressed in a blue prison jump suit, showed no emotion as magistrate Cynthia Toose remanded him to reappear on November 6 for a committal mention hearing.
Field was charged on Sunday, the court heard.
The police informant would not comment to the media outside of court.
