Mackay man and woman accused of procuring girls for rape, indecent acts

A Queensland man and woman are accused of working together to procure and rape a teenage girl with the man allegedly supplying drugs to numerous other children. Warning, disturbing content

A 37-year-old Mackay woman is charged with three counts of rape against a girl and one count of procuring the same girl to commit an indecent act.

A woman accused of doing “terrible things” to an underage teen has made a freedom bid during which a magistrate questioned if coercive control or blackmail was involved.

Police allege she helped a 50-year-old Mackay man procure and rape a teen girl.

The 37-year-old Mackay woman was arrested at Beaconsfield on Sunday and taken into custody.

She is charged with three counts of rape against a girl and one count of procuring the same girl to commit an indecent act, with all offending allegedly occurring in November 2024 in the Mackay region.

Police allege the woman organised transport for the teen girl and had knowledge of further offending that allegedly took place.

The case was mentioned in Mackay Magistrates Court on Monday when the woman appeared via videolink for a bail application.

The court heard she was not in a show cause position, meaning she had the presumption of bail.

Legal Aid Queensland solicitor Rosie Varley said her client had been diagnosed with a serious condition and had been treated on a forensic order, indicating it was possible the matters might need to be referred to another jurisdiction.

Magistrate Damien Dwyer said this submission would be more acceptable if there was any indication the woman was “working in or under the direction of who you say the main perpetrator is, but she wasn’t”.

Mr Dwyer said it was alleged the woman had “done a lot of independent acts on her own”.

“According to the evidence, which is very strong … which indicates … she had a purpose, she went and picked them up,” he said.

Mr Dwyer said it was further alleged the woman “said certain things” to the alleged main perpetrator “which was very concerning”.

“I understand those allegations are in dispute and in my submission they are only allegations at this point in time,” Ms Varley said, adding there were bail conditions that could be placed on her client to mitigate and risk if released.

The court heard the woman had an address, but Mr Dwyer said that was not the issue before asking if there was any information about the “relationship or the control between the two parties”, in relation to the man.

Sergeant Linden Pollard said he would make inquiries, adding the pair must have had a prior relationship “based on those comments”.

“It seems to be that … the allegations are she did a lot of very terrible things independently,” Mr Dwyer said.

“And I’m wondering why … was there some control, some blackmail.”

Mr Dwyer added the allegations, while terrible, were “a little bit vague at this stage”.

“The reason I want to know this is, what is the chance of her doing it again while she’s on bail? How do I mitigate any risk of her committing further offences,” Mr Dwyer said.

The court heard the woman had previously been found unfit to proceed, but had also had serious matters dealt with before.

The matter was adjourned to Wednesday.

Detectives from Mackay Child Protection and Investigation Unit have charged a 50-year-old man in relation to the supply of dangerous drugs and sexual assault of a child. Images: QPS

This comes after officers raided the 50 year old’s Mackay Harbour property where he was arrested on alleged offending between June 2024 and January 2025.

It is alleged he fed drugs to a teen girl and sexually assault her, and groomed a second girl under the page of 16 with the intent to engage in a sexual act.

It is further alleged he supplied dangerous drugs to two other children.

He is charged with 22 offences including six counts of supplying dangerous drugs to a minor under 16 years and three counts of rape.

He is also charged with two counts each of grooming child under 16 years – facilitate procurement of child to engage in sexual act and use internet to procure children under 16, and one count each of use carriage service to groom another person to make it easier to procure persons under 16 years of age and indecent treatment of child under 16 (procure to commit).

He is remanded in custody.

*This publication has not named either the woman or the man at this stage because it is unknown if doing so will identify the alleged victim.

Originally published as Mackay man and woman accused of procuring girls for rape, indecent acts