UPDATE: Attempted abduction, Emerald

Police investigating an alleged attempted abduction in Emerald on December 28 have charged a man over the incident.

It will be alleged at about 4.50pm at the rear of a hotel on Clermont Street, the man approached a vehicle containing an 8-year-old girl, opened the door and assaulted the child.

It is further alleged the man then returned to his vehicle and left the scene.

The 36-year-old man from Emerald is charged with one count of enter premises and commit indictable offence and will appear in the Mackay Magistrates Court today.

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