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NSW sex attack arrest, 15 years on

Police have arrested a man 15 years after he allegedly broke into a northwest NSW home and sexually assaulted a woman.

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Police have arrested a man 15 years after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in northwest NSW. (AAP)

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NSW Police believe they have solved a sex attack case that is now 15 years old.

Two men allegedly entered a home on Church Street, Collarenebri, in the state's northwest in 1998.

One of the men allegedly sexually assaulted a 54-year-old woman and the pair fled.

A cold case review and new evidence has led investigators to charge a 36-year-old man with aggravated break and enter and aggravated sexual assault.

He has been refused bail to appear before Walgett Local Court on February 11.


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