Troy Andrew Williams applied for bail, charged with child sex offences

A convicted sex offender has made a bail bid after he allegedly groomed and sexually abused a 15-year-old boy at a park.

A convicted sex offender has made a bail bid after he allegedly groomed and sexually abused a 15-year-old boy on multiple occasions.

Troy Andrew Williams, 49, applied for home detention bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, after previously being jailed for vile child sex crimes.

A prosecutor told the court they were opposed to all forms of bail, due to Mr Williams’ risk of reoffending.

The court heard Mr Williams met the 15-year-old alleged victim online and met with him at the end of 2022 in a park where alleged sexual offending took place.

Mr Williams allegedly abused the child on multiple further occasions, including at his own northern suburbs home late at night.

Troy Williams applied for bail, charged with child sex offending. Picture: iStock

“The complainant gave evidence to the police that there were sexual aids used on him,” the prosecutor said.

The court heard sexual aids matching the alleged victim’s description were found at Mr Williams’ house during a search.

“The defendant offends in his own home so even the strictest form of home detention bail … isn’t appropriate,” the prosecutor said.

The court heard Mr Williams was jailed in 2015 for unlawful sexual intercourse, communicating to make a child amenable to sexual activity and possessing child exploitation material.

The court heard Mr Williams breached his ANCOR conditions – which he was placed on as a result of the 2015 offending – after he allegedly failed to disclose telephone numbers, social media accounts or dating applications.

Mr Williams is charged with 10 counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and procuring a child for sexual activity.

It comes after planned laws announced today would see SA’s serious repeat child sex offenders locked up indefinitely or permanently monitored would be the toughest of their kind in the country.

Under the state government’s proposed changes, if a pedophile is jailed for a second time for a serious child sex offence, they would automatically receive a sentence of indefinite detention.

The onus would then be on the offender to demonstrate to the court that they can control their sexual instincts in order to be considered for release.

If they were released, they would face lifetime electronic monitoring.

The government is “well-advanced” in the drafting of the legislation, which it plans to introduce to the parliament by March.

Timothy Clarke, for Mr Williams, told the court his client could live with his parents at Modbury Heights who could supervise him.

Mr Clarke said the charges were disputed.

Magistrate Brian Nitschke ordered a home detention bail report and adjourned the application until next week.