A Lismore man has been ordered to stand trial in the District Court over the alleged sexual assault of his 10 year-old daughter and another seven year-old victim.
The 36 year-old appeared in Lismore Local Court this week facing four charges following his arrest in August.
The man’s name has been withheld for legal reasons and to protect the identities of the alleged victims.
Following complaints from the victims, the man was arrested by detectives from the Ballina Child Abuse Squad on August 10 and interviewed.
He was charged with four offences which allegedly occurred between 2016 and 2017 at Tabulam and refused bail.
Police alleged between February and August last year, the man had sexual intercourse with his daughter, who was then aged 10.
He was also charged with assaulting the girl by bouncing her up and down on his lap when he was naked and licking various parts of her body.
Then, between July 11 and 13 this year, the man is accused of committing an act of indecency on a seven year-old.
Just 28 days after the most recent alleged incident the man was arrested and has remained in custody, on remand, since.
The man is yet to enter a plea to the charges.
This week, Magistrate David Heilpern ordered the man to stand trial in the District Court on charges of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 10 and 14, one count of aggravated indecent assault and one count of indecent assault of a person under 16 years of age.
A second count of aggravated indecent assault was placed on a section 166 certificate, to be considered by the judge at sentencing.
Mr Heilpern ordered the man to be arraigned in the Lismore District Court on December 13.
The man remains in custody on remand until that date.
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