Former worker facing further charges over sex abuse claims

ABC NEWS (Australia)

An alleged paedophile accused of abusing eight children while working at a childcare centre in Melbourne’s west is set to face more charges. The arrest of Joshua Brown triggered a firestorm of concern around the childcare sector prompting responses from state and federal governments

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00:00Well, lawyers for Joshua Dale Brown appeared at Melbourne Magistrates Court today, where

00:06they told the court they're expecting their client to face even more charges.

00:11Now, Mr Brown is accused of committing more than 70 child sex offences against eight children

00:16aged between five months and two years old at a Point Cook childcare centre in Melbourne's

00:22West between 2021 and 2024.

00:24Now, today, his lawyers fought to have the exact details of those charges from being

00:30released to the press, arguing that it would be premature to do so because it was likely

00:36that there are more charges to come and that it would deny Mr Brown's right to a fair trial.

00:42However, the magistrate rejected that argument today, stating that the charges against Mr

00:47Brown are a matter of public record.

00:49Now, both Joshua Dale Brown and Michael Simon Wilson, he's a man known to Mr Brown, who's

00:55also facing dozens of charges, including the alleged rape of a teenage boy.

01:00Well, the pair were expected to return to court in September.

01:04However, that date has since been pushed back, with Mr Wilson now to return to court in November

01:09and Mr Brown to reappear in February next year, with the extension expected to give detectives

01:15extra time to continue to build their case.

01:19Let's pray.

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