Baulkham Hills: Man charged with alleged online grooming of girl, 9
Police will allege a 39-year-old Baulkham Hills thought he was talking to the mother of a young girl about proposed sexual acts he wished to perform on her daughter. However, the alleged conversations occurred between the man and child abuse strike force detectives.
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A Baulkham Hills man has been charged with the alleged grooming of a nine-year-old girl following an investigation by Strike Force Trawler.
Last month, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging online with the man from Sydney’s north west.
Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with the 39-year-old mother of a nine-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child and sent sexually explicit material.
Following extensive investigations, detectives arrested a 39-year-old man at a home at Baulkham Hills, about 8am on Wednesday.
Shortly after, a search warrant was executed at the home, where detectives seized mobile phones, laptops and electronic storage devices.
All items will undergo further forensic examination.
The man was taken to Castle Hill Police Station and charged with three counts of use carriage service transmit/publish/promote child abuse and use carriage service to groom under 16 years for sex with another.
He appeared at Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday, where he was formally refused bail to reappear at the same court on Friday November 27.