A woman has allegedly been kidnapped, forced into a vehicle and sexually assaulted before her accused captor was arrested and charged hours later.
The man allegedly arrived at a home on the NSW Mid North Coast on Wednesday and detained the woman before leaving a ransom note, and then forced her into a vehicle and sexually assaulted her.
The ransom was allegedly paid and the woman released at Crescent Head around noon.
A 50-year-old man was arrested two hours later on the town's Main Street.Â
He was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault - deprive liberty, aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence - people there, take/detain person with intent to hold to ransom, and demand with menaces intend obtain gain/cause loss.
He was formally refused bail at Kempsey Local Court on Thursday and will appear before the same court on March 19.
1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)
National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028