Woman in Toowoomba court accused of making, distributing child exploitation material involving younger sister

The 20-year-old woman is charged with making and distributing child exploitation material. See her latest court appearance here.

A 20-year-old woman accused of making and distributing child exploitation material allegedly involving her own sister has had her matters mentioned before Toowoomba Magistrates Court.

Police claim the woman and her mother and a man aged in his 30s were involved in making and distributing child exploitation material at and from the family’s home east of Toowoomba.

Police claim the 20-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was herself abused as a teenager before allegedly going on to be involved in the making of the child exploitation material herself.

The matters came to light when the girls’ mother went to police to take out a domestic violence application against her former partner and co-accused, and during the process the alleged child sex offences were revealed.

The 20-year-old woman was not required to be in court when her matters were mentioned on Thursday and she remains on bail with strict conditions.

Her mother and the male co-accused have been remanded in custody with their respective charges proceeding through the court process.

The 20-year-old has not as yet been required to enter any pleas to the charges which include four counts of distributing child exploitation material, four counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (take photograph etc), two counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (expose), and one of making child exploitation material.

The court heard the woman’s legal team had received the full brief of evidence and a submission to the prosecution was being prepared.

Magistrate Clare Kelly therefore remanded the woman on bail and adjourned her case for mention back in the same court on March 23.