Plumpton High School teacher Tyson Moon’s pleads not guilty to child sexual offences
A western Sydney teacher who pleaded not guilty to child sexual offences has attempted to have a non-publication order placed on his case.
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A magistrate in western Sydney has denied a non-publication order requested by a western Sydney teacher charged with child sexual offences.
Plumpton High School music and drama teacher Tyson Moon, 26, was charged in November with three counts of sexually touching a child under special care.
He appeared before Mount Druitt Local Court on Monday, when he pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
NSW Police child abuse squad officers had been investigating Moon since November 1, following reports of alleged misconduct.
Documents tendered to the court state Moon intentionally sexually touched a young person under his special care, between June 24 and September 24 at Plumpton.
The Silverdale resident is also charged with two other incidents alleged to have occurred on October 2.
In court on Monday, Moon’s lawyer requested a non-publication order to be put in place.
Moon’s lawyer argued an order should be in place due to multiple factors which included the victims identity being compromised via social media posts on the matter, and group photos of Moon and the victim used by media outlets when he was charged.
Moon’s lawyer also raised the issue of her client’s safety, stating he had been “extremely fearful” and had been receiving “death threats”.
However, Magistrate Bree Chisholm denied the request, pointing out courts were open “for a reason”.
“These matters are significant in public interest,” Ms Chisholm said.
Moon’s matter will return to court on February 12 and he remains out on bail.
His bail conditions include not going near or contacting any person under the age of 18 unless he’s with another adult, along with not contacting staff members, teachers or students at Plumpton High School.
Parents at the school were notified of the charges in a letter from the principal who, without naming Moon, revealed he had been “assigned to a non-school work location by the NSW Department of Education” while the court case progressed.
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