A woman was able to fight off a serial stalker with her handbag after she allegedly found him performing a lewd act in her Sydney unit block.
Police allege the man was performing a sex act and later grabbed the woman by the shoulder when she returned to her Auburn home on Wednesday night.
He had allegedly stalked the woman at her work and her home a few days prior.
The woman, 27, told police she was getting out of the lift at her Queen Street unit block when she saw the man playing with himself.
She ran towards her unit door but the stalker allegedly grabbed her shoulder.
Police say the woman started screaming and belting the man with her handbag until he eventually ran towards the lift and took off.
The victim told police she had seen the man twice before - once outside her work about 11am and then about 7pm in the lift of her unit block on Sunday, June 28.
After a public appeal for information, the alleged offender handed himself into Auburn police station on Saturday morning.
He was arrested and later charged with assault with act of indecency; committing an act of indecency with person older than 16 and stalking/intimidation with the intention of causing physical fear.
The man was refused bail and expected to appear before Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday.
