22-07-2025
Alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown likely to face more charges, court told
Alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown is likely to face extra charges with a court today granting police more time to investigate him.
Brown's next court appearance of has now been pushed into 2026, with police requesting the magistrates court allow more time to compile evidence against him.
Magistrate Donna Bakos on Tuesday granted an application by police to extend the deadline to provide the hand up brief of evidence to Brown's lawyers to 4 December. The matter will then return to court for a committal mention on 10 February.
An extension was also provided in the matter of Brown's co-accused, Michael Simon Wilson, who will next appear in court for a committal mention on 15 November.
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The accused men, who are both remanded in custody, were not required to appear in court for the brief administrative hearing.
The court heard an affidavit in support of the extension argued the investigation into the duo was ongoing.
Brown's lawyer, Rishi Nathwani KC, said the affidavit also flagged the potential for 'additional charges'.
Nathwani said charges against his client 'are in flux', with police now following a 'vast number of other avenues that have now become apparent'.
He asked Bakos not to release the full list of charges to media in light of this, saying it would be 'premature' and 'hinder the realisation of natural justice'.
However, Bakos disagreed and said she would release the charges later today to ensure fair and accurate reporting of the matter.
Brown, 26, was charged in May with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims aged between five months and two years old.
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They include sexual penetration of a child under 12, attempted sexual penetration of a child under 12, sexual assault of a child under 16 and producing child abuse material for use through a carriage service.
His case was only made public on 1 July after a suppression order was lifted.
Wilson, 46, meanwhile, faces 45 charges including possessing child abuse material and rape and bestiality. It is understood Wilson's alleged offending is not connected to childcare facilities or any of the children alleged to be victims in the Brown case.
Both cases are in their early stages and neither Brown nor Wilson are yet to enter a plea.
