A South Coast man accused of paying teenagers in exchange for sex acts has appeared in court, where the next hearing date for his case was rescheduled.
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The 34-year-old Merimbula man was arrested in October and charged with grooming a child for unlawful sexual activity and causing a child to do an act of child prostitution.
Police alleged the man offered to pay two girls - aged 15 and 17 - in return for sexual acts and explicit photographs.
He also faces a charge of sexually touching another person without consent.
The man was in the courtroom, but did not speak, when his matter was heard in Bega Local Court on Tuesday, November 24.
Magistrate Doug Dick varied the man's bail so he could reside at a new address in Merimbula and changed the next date for the case to be heard from January to February 2021.
The maximum sentence for grooming a child for sexual activity is 10 years' prison if convicted. The same maximum sentence also applies to the child prostitution charge.
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Albert McKnight
Journalist at Bega District News.
Journalist at Bega District News.
