A twenty-two-year-old man of Lau is in custody for an alleged indecent assault of a woman suffering from Down syndrome.

The alleged offence occurred in a village when the woman was asleep and alone at her home.

The matter was reported to the Police Station by the victim’s seventy-two-year-old mother.

The man is charged with one count of sexual assault and is expected to appear in the Suva Magistrates court afternoon.