David Ross Phillips in court for alleged child abuse material, intimate images stash
The next steps in the case of a Sunshine Coast man apprehended under Taskforce Argos has been shared in court. *Warning: Graphic
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A brief of evidence has been provided as court proceedings continue for a Beerwah man arrested by Taskforce Argos detectives.
David Ross Phillips, 62, faces nine charges including five of possessing child abuse material, one of grooming of a parent to procure a child for a sexual act, using a carriage service to solicit child abuse material, distributing intimate images and using a carriage service to transmit child abuse material to self.
He has not yet entered a plea.
Mr Phillips’ matter was mentioned in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Friday, December 1, but he did not appear.
The court was told a brief of evidence had been disclosed, with “sensitive content” which needed to be viewed as part of the case.
Court documents previously seen by the Sunshine Coast Daily stated detectives from Taskforce Argos had searched Mr Phillips’ home where several devices including an iPhone 11, an iPad, a USB, a laptop, two hard drives, an SD card as well as 20 photos of naked children were seized.
On these devices police allegedly found a stash of child abuse material, the documents state.
Photos of a woman Mr Phillips knew, which he allegedly used to pose as a woman online, were also found.
The documents alleged Mr Phillips had emailed a video of a young boy being sexually abused and tortured by an adult woman.
The documents state Mr Phillips denied knowledge of the alleged offending and said the thought of doing such things and not remembering them “scared” him.
The documents state he allegedly told police he’d “had trouble” in the past in relation to child abuse material but had not done this for about a decade.
Police allege he claimed to not be sexually aroused by children.
Mr Phillips will return to the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on February 2, 2024.
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