Bundaberg man charged with 18 child abuse offences
A Bundaberg man stands accused of sexually abusing children with some of the alleged offending so confronting, the details have been withheld.
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A Bundaberg man is set to face the district court in the new year after being accused of a number of sickening crimes.
The most serious of the charges include five counts of rape and another alleged offence relating to an act too distressing to disclose, with a child under 12.
It is alleged that the man, who cannot be named in order to protect the children involved in the case, exposed himself to a child under 16 on three occasions.
He is facing a further three charges of indecent treatment of children under 12.
Another charge relates to the indecent treatment of a child under 16.
Four charges against the man relate to the indecent treatment of girls under 14.
The man will also face a charge of using a carriage service to access child abuse material.
His case was mentioned in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday morning where it was committed to a higher court.
He is due to appear in the District Court at Bundaberg on February 21 next year.
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