A prominent Mount Gambier business owner has appeared in court for the first time on charges of child sexual offences. The owner of Confession cafe, Donald Pratt, faced court charged with possessing child exploitation material and procuring a child for sexual activity.
An emergency warning is in place for a for a fire burning south of Tenterfield, NSW, and south of Bundaberg, QLD.A prominent Mount Gambier business owner has appeared in court for the first time on charges of child sexual offences .
Mr Pratt's lawyer, Herman Bersee, told the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court that his client had to contact employees under 18 to share and discuss rosters.Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos granted the variation, which allows him to contact children in relation to his employment.
"For the record, I have many coffees at Confession. I am just letting you know that I am not biased, but I have had coffee at this gentleman's establishment," she said.Police arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly possessing child exploitation material in Mount Gambier on the same day as Mr Pratt, but the cases are not connected.
That man, from the Adelaide suburb of Albert Park, had his case moved to the District Court in Adelaide.
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