AN Australian lawyer has been granted bail after appearing in a Brisbane court on child sex charges.
The 42-year-old former politician is facing seven charges of engaging in sexual intercourse with a person under 16.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 17 years imprisonment.
The man, who cannot be named in Queensland for legal reasons, today faced Brisbane Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Jacqui Payne granted him bail on a $100,000 surety, to be provided by his Brisbane-based uncle, and ordered he live with his parents in Sydney and report to the Castle Hill police station every day.
The man has been in custody since being arrested last Thursday at Brisbane International Airport following his extradition to Australia over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1997.
Prosecutor Craig Chowhury today opposed bail on the grounds the man posed a risk of failing to appear after he fought attempts to have him brought back to Australia.
The man has already faced criminal proceedings overseas relating to the offences but a magistrate dropped the charges in 1999.
His lawyer Chris Nyst told the court the charges related to a family who had fallen into debt to the then-highflying lawyer after they failed to repay a loan.
Magistrate Payne adjourned the case for mention in Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 15.
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The 42-year-old former politician is facing seven charges of engaging in sexual intercourse with a person under 16.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 17 years imprisonment.
The man, who cannot be named in Queensland for legal reasons, today faced Brisbane Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Jacqui Payne granted him bail on a $100,000 surety, to be provided by his Brisbane-based uncle, and ordered he live with his parents in Sydney and report to the Castle Hill police station every day.
The man has been in custody since being arrested last Thursday at Brisbane International Airport following his extradition to Australia over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1997.
Prosecutor Craig Chowhury today opposed bail on the grounds the man posed a risk of failing to appear after he fought attempts to have him brought back to Australia.
The man has already faced criminal proceedings overseas relating to the offences but a magistrate dropped the charges in 1999.
His lawyer Chris Nyst told the court the charges related to a family who had fallen into debt to the then-highflying lawyer after they failed to repay a loan.
Magistrate Payne adjourned the case for mention in Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 15.
