Three Cherbourg women charged with indecent treatment, carnal knowledge of 14-year-old boy

Three South Burnett women have faced court for shocking alleged child sex offences, with police claiming they engaged with the 14-year-old over the phone before abusing him in person.

Three women have been charged with child sex offences, after allegedly grooming and indecently treating a teenage boy.

Investigators from the Murgon Child Protection Investigation Unit charged three women with child sex offences following the closure of Operation Puma on August 18.

They cannot be named for legal reasons.

It will be alleged that between March and May of this year, the women engaged with a 14-year-old boy on multiple occasion via phone before interacting inappropriately with him in person in Cherbourg.

A 28-year-old Cherbourg woman has been charged with three counts each of carnal knowledge of a child under 16, using a carriage service to procure persons under 16, and one of indecent treatment of a child under 16.

A 21-year-old Cherbourg woman has been charged with one count each of carnal knowledge of a child under 16, using a carriage service to procure persons under 16, and indecent treatment of a child under 16.

A 32-year-old Cherbourg woman has been charged with one count each of carnal knowledge of children under 16 and using a carriage service to procure persons under 16.

The three women’s cases were briefly heard in Murgon Magistrates Court today, and will return to court on November 23.

Originally published as Three Cherbourg women charged with indecent treatment, carnal knowledge of 14-year-old boy