Police out on routine patrol found a woman naked and screaming on a suburban street who had allegedly been held against her will in a home and sexually assaulted for numerous days.
Officers were patrolling in Lyneham, a suburb of Canberra, about 7pm Monday when they spotted the distressed woman.
They stopped to help her and took her into their vehicle, where she told them she had been confined to a nearby home for a number of days.
A 44-year-old Lyneham man was arrested shortly after and charged with forcible confinement, rape, assault and failing to appear.
He appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody.
Mr Fulivai is due back in court next month.
Police have said the investigation is ongoing and it is expected further charges will be laid.