A man has been charged after a woman was sexually assaulted in her Wollongong home on the weekend.
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Wollongong crime manager Detective Inspector Brad Ainsworth said a woman was allegedly attacked and forced into her home where she was sexually assaulted after a cab ride to Bellambi Street, Tarrawanna on Sunday.
Police said the woman got into the taxi outside a licensed premises on Pioneer Road, Towradgi about 2.40am. The man, who was not known to her, also entered the taxi and they travelled to Bellambi Street.
The woman called police after the alleged attack.
On Tuesday night, Wollongong police arrested a 39-year-old man on The Grant Court at Fairy Meadow.
He was charged with aggravated sexual assault and inflict actual bodily harm with intent to have sexual intercourse with the victim.
He will appear in Wollongong court on Wednesday.