Community & Business
18 December, 2024
Man on child sex charges
DETECTIVES from the Child Protection and Investigation Unit have charged a Tablelands man with 17 child sex offences.
It will be alleged the 65-year-old man committed the offences against two people known to him at Innot Hot Springs between 2013 and 2017.
The man was charged with six counts of indecent treatment of a child under 12 (lineal descent), four counts of rape, two counts each of common assault and indecent treatment of a child under 12 (carer), and one count each of produce dangerous drug, indecent treatment of a child under 12 – attempt to procure (lineal descent), and indecent treatment of a child under 12 – procure to commit (lineal descent).
He is due to appear in the Atherton Magistrates Court on 7 January.
Investigations are continuing, and police are appealing to others who may have experienced similar incidents in that timeframe to come forward.
