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HUNTER MAN ACCUSED OF GROOMING TEENAGE GIRL

A Hunter man has been accused of grooming a teenage girl for sex.

The 23-year-old was arrested near Newcastle yesterday, following an investigation by detectives, who had been posing as a 14-year-old online.

He’s accused of engaging in conversations about sexually-explicit acts, and is charged with using a carriage service to groom a person under 16.

The matter will be heard in Newcastle Local Court.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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