Man arrested in relation to child sex offences after police pose as young girl online

Territory police have arrested a man in his 40s in relation to a number of child sex offences.

TERRITORY police have arrested a man in his 40s in Marrakai in relation to a number of child sex offences.

Police allege that between December 2020 and July 2021, the man engaged in indecent messaging with online covert operatives posing as a 14-year-old girl.

On July 14, detectives from the Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) executed a search warrant at the man’s home, where they seized his personal mobile phone.

The man has been charged with using a carriage service to procure a child under 16, transmit indecent communication and solicit child abuse material, as well as failing to comply with reporting conditions.

He was remanded to appear before Darwin Local Court today.

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Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Lawson said JACET would “continue to work closely with our interstate counterparts to ensure the safety of all children”.

AFP Detective Superintendent Child Protection Operations Paula Hudson said the arrest “demonstrates the importance of law enforcement working together to protect Australian children from those who would seek to exploit them online.”

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