Sick alleged find on young doctor's phone
A married young doctor has been charged by police after he was allegedly caught with more than 5000 files of child abuse material on his phone.
Dr Gregory John Couch was arrested at a home in Albury — on the NSW-Victoria border — at 6am on Tuesday as a part of ongoing strike force investigations into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children online.
The 37-year-old's phone was seized by Australian Border Force officers at Melbourne Airport in May.
The phone was referred to detectives from the state's Sex Crimes Squad, who then allegedly found thousands of videos and photos of child abuse material.
Footage from the arrest shows the young doctor, dressed in grey track pants, a black puffer jacket and ugg boots, being escorted out of the property, up the driveway and into an awaiting police van.
Couch was charged with possess child abuse material, use carriage etc to access child abuse material, and intentionally import prohibited tier two goods.
It is not believed there was any offending occurred against his patients.
According to social media, Couch worked at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's south west before relocating to the Gold Coast earlier this year.
He was refused bail by Albury Local Court on Tuesday.
Couch will remain behind bars on remand and is due to appear in court next on August 19.
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