Luis Da Cunha: Alleged Noble Park sex creep allegedly targeted kids at Parkview playground
Children as young as two months old have been allegedly targeted by a sex creep at a Noble Park playground.
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A Noble Park man allegedly performed lewd acts in front of terrified children and their families at a Noble Park playground, a court has heard.
Luis Da Cunha, 64, fronted the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday following a string of disturbing alleged incidents at the Parkfield Reserve playground in December last year.
The court heard Da Cunha was allegedly sitting on the playground’s park bench when he began performing a lewd act in front of a couple and their two children aged two and 18 months about 5.45pm on December 3.
Da Cunha allegedly returned two days later, allegedly removing his genitalia from his pants in front of a mother and her three daughters aged two, four and six about 10.45am.
Magistrate Suzette Dootjes heard Da Cunha allegedly gestured for the three children to come over to him and for the mother to sit on his lap.
On Boxing Day Da Cunha allegedly touched and exposed his genitalia in front a mother and her two children aged three and six about 6.25pm, and two days later he allegedly returned, speaking to a 12-year-old girl and three-year-old boy about 11.30am.
Police caught up with Da Cunha on a Chadstone bound bus on December 29, where he was arrested and subsequently refused bail.
The court heard Da Cunha also allegedly touched a woman’s breast outside a Noble Park shop on November 11, 2019, allegedly telling her that he wanted to sleep with her.
The terrified woman called police, with Da Cunha allegedly telling officers he “just wanted to have sex” with the woman.
Da Cunha’s lawyer told the court his client suffered from paranoid and delusional thinking and showed symptoms of schizoaffective disorder.
“He is not a premeditated sexual deviant, (the incidents) happen in the context of mental health issues,” he said.
“He has a longstanding, organic problem with his mental state … he has had long periods of stability on medication. He at least has a demonstrated ability to meet the demands of a treatment program.”
Da Cunha, who does not speak English and required a Portuguese translator, appeared via video link from the Melbourne Remand Centre.
He was remanded to return for further hearing on March 18.