Melbourne police officer Conor McCurley charged with child sex offences

A young Melbourne police officer has been hit with child sex offences weeks out from his ritzy Yarra Valley wedding.

Conor McCurley was charged with serious child sex offences weeks out from his ritzy Yarra Valley wedding.

A junior cop was charged with serious child sex offences weeks out from his ritzy Yarra Valley wedding.

Conor McCurley, 26, a first constable from the North West Metro region, is charged with 19 offences including numerous counts of committing indecent acts with or in presence of a child under 16.

Charge sheets show he is also accused of one count of “sexual penetration” and touching his alleged victim’s genitalia.

The alleged offences occurred when Mr McCurley was himself a teenager and not a Victoria Police officer.

His alleged victim is now aged in her early 20s.

Mr McCurley was charged on August 16 following an internal investigation by the force’s Sexual Offences and Family Violence Unit (SOFVU).

Conor McCurley, 26, was a first constable from the North West Metro region.

Mr McCurley has been charged with 19 offences including numerous counts of committing indecent acts with or in presence of a child under 16.

SOFVU investigates and oversees cases involving Victoria Police employees who are alleged to have committed family violence or sexual assault against women, children, partners and family members.

Mr McCurley appeared virtually in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday where the matter was adjourned for committal mention on November 10.

Mr McCurley is set to tie the knot with his fiancee at Acacia Ridge Winery Yarra Valley at the end of the month.

A wedding website titled “celebrating our love” features a countdown to the special day as well as memories such as their engagement in May 2021.

Mr McCurley’s court hearing occurred the same day another first constable was charged with sexual offences.

The 35-year-old from the Western Region was charged by Victoria Police with seven counts of sexual assault following an internal investigation.

Police allege the assaults occurred between 2018 and 2020 in western Victoria while the member was off duty.

He will appear before a court at a later date.