Man charged with murder and sexual assault of 5-year-old Australian girl

Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: This article contains references to someone who has died.A man has been charged with murder and two counts of sexual assault following the death of a five-year-old girl in Australia.The body of the girl, who is identified only as Kumanjayi Little Baby, a pseudonym given to her by her family after her death for cultural reasons, was discovered on Thursday following severals days of a major police search.Jefferson Lewis, 47, was charged with her murder on Saturday night and has been scheduled to appear in a Darwin court on Tuesday.Five people have been arrested over violent riots in Alice Springs sparked by the child's death.Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole announced the charges against Lewis on Sunday morning."This remains a deeply distressing matter and our thoughts are firmly with Kumanjayi's family, loved ones and the wider community that have been deeply impacted by these events," he said.Dole asked for the community to respect the judicial process.