A Byron Bay man is to face court next week accused of deliberately taking photographs of children at Byron’s Clarkes Beach late last month.
Police say members of the public detained the 24-year-old on the morning of Sunday 22 February at the beach before officers arrived on-scene around 11.50am.
They took him to Byron Bay Police Station where they examined a mobile phone they say revealed a large amount of child abuse material, leading to charges against him.
Police have listed two counts of intentionally recording an intimate image without consent and possessing child abuse material.
He was initially refused bail before the Bail Division Court on Monday 23 February granted him conditional bail to appear before Byron Bay Local Court on Monday 9 March.
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