QLD teacher appears in court over historical abuse

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A former Brisbane primary school teacher has been charged with dozens of historical child sex abuse offences. Police say the victims were aged between nine and 10-years-old at the time of the alleged offending.

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00:00Police allege Stephen Patrick Andrew Kyser committed offences against 19 children while

00:07he was a teacher at a Brisbane primary school between 1988 and 1990.

00:14Police launched an investigation in June after a formal complaint was made.

00:20Extensive investigations led the detectives to execute a search warrant at a South Brisbane

00:28home where the 68-year-old man was taken into custody.

00:33Offences against children, our most vulnerable, are reprehensible and the Queensland Police

00:39Service is committed to following every avenue of inquiry to seek justice for them.

00:46Officers searched a property in Brisbane South on Saturday where they took Mr Kyser into

00:52custody.

00:53He was charged with 27 counts of indecent treatment of children under 16, 17 counts

01:00of taking a child for immoral purposes and five counts of common assault.

01:07Police say investigations are continuing and are urging anyone with information to come

01:12forward.

01:13Mr Kyser appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning where he was released on

01:18bail with strict conditions including that he must report to police three times a week.

01:25The court heard that he'd been a school teacher for 43 years before he retired in 2020.

01:32He is due to appear in court again next month.

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