A 37-year-old man has been charged over the alleged online grooming of a child.
Detectives began engaging online with the Cessnock man in November 2017, where it’s alleged the man believed he was speaking to a 14-year-old boy and engaged in sexually-explicit conversations, sent indecent images and made arrangements to meet in person.
The man was arrested on Friday and charged with multiple offences, including using a carriage service to groom a person under the age of 16 for sexual activity.
He was refused bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court today.
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