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NSW Police officer accused of sexually assaulting a child on the Northern Rivers

The court heard the Northern Rivers man, charged with six counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child, could face the District Court.

The senior constable has been banned from going within a 20km radius of two Northern Rivers towns. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard
The senior constable has been banned from going within a 20km radius of two Northern Rivers towns. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

The case against a police officer accused of aggravated sexual assault of a teenager has slowly progressed, a Lismore Court has heard.

The police officer, a 29-year old senior constable who cannot be named for legal reasons, is facing multiple charges of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 14-16.

He was arrested in December 2020 after the Professional Standards Command investigators established Strike Force Yalu in September to investigate alleged reports of misconduct by the policeman, attached to the Northern Region.

In Lismore Local Court on Wednesday, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions indicated some of the charges were ready to proceed to the District Court.

Nine charges, including six counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 14 and 16 and using a child over 14 years to make child abuse material, were charge certified and ready to head to Lismore District Court.

The court heard one charge of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 14 and 16 had been withdrawn.

The DPP prosecutor also asked for a case conference meeting on June 24.

The Lismore Local Court previously heard a “special prosecutions team” would be proceeding with the case.

The man, who remains on bail, is currently suspended without pay from the NSW Police Force.

The man’s bail conditions were previously altered in March restricting him from going within a 20km radius of both Bonalbo and Tabulam and those conditions remain unchanged.

The matter will return to Lismore Local Court on July 28 for further committal mention.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lismore/police-courts/nsw-police-officer-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-child-on-the-northern-rivers/news-story/5766dfe1ce5854105b641d91ead77168