Bundaberg man faces list of shocking crimes in court

A Bundaberg man charged with more than 30 heinous offences has appeared in a court via video link to face some shocking allegations. See what he has been charged with.

A Bundaberg man has been remanded in custody on a horrific list of charges that include multiple counts of bestiality, child abduction, distributing and making child exploitation material, committing indecent acts in public and indecent treatment of a child in his care.

A Bundaberg man has been remanded in custody on a horrific list of charges that include multiple counts of bestiality, child abduction, distributing and making child exploitation material, committing indecent acts in public and indecent treatment of a child in his care.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in a closed Bundaberg Magistrates Court via video link from custody on March 7, 2023.

He faced one count each of possessing a knife in a public place, abduction of a child under 16, carnal knowledge of a child under 16 and attempts (parent or guardian), indecent treatment of a child under 16 (taking photos, parent or guardian), distributing child exploitation material, entering a premises and committing an indictable offence, making child exploitation material and observing or recording someone in breach of privacy.

He also faces three charges of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (parent or guardian, permit) and one indecent treatment of a child (parent or guardian).

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He has also been charged with four counts of beastiality, four counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (expose), (parent or guardian), three charges of wilful damage, six counts of a committing an indecent act in public, two breaches of duty of care by inappropriate handling and two breaches of a domestic violence order with aggravation.

He is due to appear in court again on May 2, 2023.