Police have charged a Sydney man with a stabbing and a sexual assault after DNA allegedly linked two cold case crimes dating back almost a decade. <\/p>\n
In July 2004 a 39-year-old woman walking in Bankstown was hit from behind and allegedly dragged into a nearby reserve and sexually assaulted. <\/p>\n
She suffered a fractured shoulder and other injuries. <\/p>\n
Then in September 2006 a 34-year-old employee at a butcher's shop in Auburn was hit from behind by a man who entered the shop through a rear door. <\/p>\n
The worker was repeatedly stabbed in the face and upper body and his wallet was taken. His injuries included a fractured nose. <\/p>\n
Police recovered his wallet and a knife nearby. <\/p>\n
In August 2007 the Forensic Biology Unit told investigators there was a match in the DNA samples retrieved from both crime scenes. <\/p>\n
A call to Crime Stoppers late last year encouraged police to probe further and on Monday they arrested a 30-year-old Wiley Park man. <\/p>\n
He was charged with aggravated sex assault inflicting actual bodily harm, and robbery armed with an offensive weapon to cause wounding. <\/p>\n
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