Strike Force Trawler detectives have charged a 66-year-old man following an investigation into alleged online child exploitation offences on the state’s Central Coast.
“In July last year, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging online with a man from the state’s Central Coast,” NSW Police said in a statement.
Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with the 36-year-old mother of a nine-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child.
“It will be further alleged the man believed he was separately speaking with a 14-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child,” police said.
Strike force detectives arrested a 66-year-old man at a home near Tuggerah about 8am yesterday. A search warrant was subsequently executed at the home, where detectives seized a computer and mobile phone, which will undergo further examination.
The man was taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with incite to commit sexual intercourse with child under the age of 10 years, use carriage service transmit/publish/promote child abuse and use carriage service to groom under 16 years for sex.
He was refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court today.
Anyone with concerns about suspected child abuse or exploitation should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.
