Police helping with bushfires accused of sex crimes

Two South Australian police officers have been charged with sex crimes while they were in Victoria assisting with the Black Saturday bushfires.

The officers, aged 29 and 39, will face a Victorian court later this month. They were off duty at the time of the alleged offences, police said. "It is believed the alleged incidences took place when the members were in Victoria assisting during the bushfire period," a Victoria Police spokesman said.

The 29-year-old, from Banksia Park in Adelaide's northeast, has been charged with rape.

The 39-year-old, from south suburban Daw Park, has been charged with one count of indecent assault.

They were bailed to reappear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on May 13.