A FORMER Victoria Police officer allegedly held a gun to the heads of two children he had raped and gave Kit Kat chocolate bars to another after abusing him.
The 62-year-old, who cannot be named, allegedly committed 39 child sex offences in Victoria during the 1960s and ’70s. It is alleged some of the crimes occurred while he was on duty.
The man, who now lives in New South Wales, faces charges relating to nine boys and girls aged between five and 14, including several counts of rape, indecent assault and gross indecency. He was aged between 18 and 35 during the alleged offending, police said.
Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg heard the man had locked a victim in a divisional van and another in a police cell before sexually abusing them.
One boy who was allegedly abused in a shed after attending the man’s house for a swim was told it would be ”their little secret”. A girl was allegedly raped while the man held his police revolver to her head, while a boy was threatened with a semi-automatic rifle.
Mr Rozencwajg decided to hear the rest of the man’s bail application on Tuesday, when more was known about child pornography and computer equipment seized from his house during his arrest on Wednesday. Hayden Rattray, representing the man, said the defendant should be bailed until the analysis of a computer, memory stick, photographs and DVDs was completed by NSW Police. He said the seized material may not be illegal.
Detective Senior Constable Peter Reed said the man was the subject of an ongoing investigation. The man resigned from Victoria Police in 1979. Detective Senior Constable Reed said the man could endanger the community if bailed and was a flight risk.
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