Macarthur man charged with raft of charges relating to child abuse material

A Macarthur man allegedly produced child abuse material five years ago in Queensland, and police have now charged him with more than 20 offences.

Investigators are combing through 12 electronic devices after charging a man with producing child abuse material and filming an eight-year-old without their consent.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with 26 offences relating to child including 13 counts of possessing child abuse material, two counts of filming a person in a private act without their consent in circumstances of aggravation and producing child abuse material.

The Macarthur man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with two counts of using a carriage service to transmit child abuse matter to himself, four counts of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, four counts of possessing or controlling child abuse material using a carriage service.

Court documents state that prosecutors will allege in December 2017, the man produced child abuse material while in Queensland.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with 26 offences. Picture: File shot

They further allege that on December 31 that year, he filmed two children engaged in private acts without their consent. One child was aged 13, while the second was eight.

The court documents state that the man allegedly used an iCloud, OneDrive and Google account to possess and access child abuse material.

In court on Friday, the man’s lawyer Elizabeth Saunderson said that 12 devices had been seized by investigators and only three had been analysed so far.

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions solicitor Nick Self confirmed the investigation was still ongoing, and it was expected more charges would be laid against the man.

He informed the magistrate they were seeking an eight-week adjournment to allow for all the devices to be analysed. The matter has been adjourned until October 7, when it will return to Picton Local Court.