Joseph Lee Smith, facing more than 100 child sex charges, has matter mentioned in Toowoomba Magistrates Court

Facing more than 100 child sex offences, a 48-year-old former doctor is accused of befriending an underage boy in Victoria via Instagram before assaulting him.

A former doctor charged with some 137 child sex matters accused of using the internet to procure a children and possessing child pornography has had his matter mentioned again in court.

Joseph Lee Smith, who is currently remanded in custody, has been charged with 41 counts of grooming a child under 16, eight counts of using the internet to procure a child under 16, aggravated supply of a drug to minor and rape, was not required to be in court for the brief mention.

The 48-year-old was arrested at his Toowoomba home in 2019 with police alleging he befriended an underage boy in Victoria via Instagram before he had the boy send him images of him dancing naked.

Mr Smith is also facing 56 counts of failing to comply with reporting relating to previous convictions.

In Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Thursday Smith’s solicitor Ryan McCullough said a submission had been made to the prosecution, and he needed to get his client’s instructions for how he wanted to proceed.

When asked by acting magistrate Roger Stark why the matter wasn’t progressing Mr McCullough said the delay was down to the bulk of material in the brief, which was made up of more than 1000 pages, which required a significant amount of time to go through.

As of yet no plea has been entered to the charges, and the matter was adjourned to June 29.