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Parramatta arrest: Doctor charged with inciting sexual assault of a child

A specialist doctor who was charged over allegedly inciting the sexual assault of a child was arrested outside a Parramatta hotel.

Detectives arrest the specialist doctor last night. Picture: NSW Police Force
Detectives arrest the specialist doctor last night. Picture: NSW Police Force

A specialist doctor who was charged over allegedly inciting the sexual assault of a child was arrested outside a Parramatta hotel.

In March 2019, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit began engaging online with a man from the state’s Mid North Coast.

The 49-year-old man is due to face court today.
The 49-year-old man is due to face court today.
Police swoop on the man at the Parramatta hotel. Pictures: NSW Police Force
Police swoop on the man at the Parramatta hotel. Pictures: NSW Police Force

Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with the 32-year-old mother of an 11-year-old girl and engaged in conversations about sexually explicit acts he wished to perform on the child as well as with the mother and daughter together.

It will also be alleged that the man sent child abuse material before making arrangements to meet the woman and girl for sex.

After extensive investigations, detectives arrested a 49-year-old Coffs Harbour man outside a hotel at Parramatta about 7.30pm yesterday.

Detectives speak to the man. Picture: NSW Police Force
Detectives speak to the man. Picture: NSW Police Force
Police took the man to Parramatta police station where he was charged. Picture: NSW Police Force
Police took the man to Parramatta police station where he was charged. Picture: NSW Police Force

They searched a Parramatta hotel room, where they seized a laptop, mobile phones, electronic storage devices and children’s toys, which will undergo forensic examination.

Strike Force Trawler detectives arrest the man before he was charged with offences including child pornography. Picture: NSW Police Force
Strike Force Trawler detectives arrest the man before he was charged with offences including child pornography. Picture: NSW Police Force

The man was taken to Parramatta police station and charged with inciting a person as an accessory before the fact to attempted aggravated sexual intercourse of a person between 10 and 14 years of age, and using a carriage service for child pornography.

He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court today.

Detectives have also searched at a property in Coffs Harbour today, when investigations will continue.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/parramatta-arrest-doctor-charged-with-inciting-sexual-assault-of-a-child/news-story/7872aae3447f8d0fbbab7c148327a8d8