A FAIRY Meadow man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault after allegedly following a woman home from a Towradgi pub.

The man, 39, allegedly got into the same taxi as the 56-year-old woman outside the Pioneer Road pub about 2.40am on Sunday, October 14.

The woman asked the cab driver to take her to her home on Bellambi Street, Tarrawanna. It’s alleged the man got out of the taxi with the woman and followed her into her home where it’s further alleged he sexually assaulted her before leaving.

The woman called police who, following investigations, arrested the man at his home on The Grand Court at Fairy Meadow.

The man was charged with aggravated sexual assault and inflicting actual bodily harm with intent to have sexual intercourse. He was refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court next week.