Police have charged a 73-year-old man over the alleged indecent treatment of a teenage girl on the Gold Coast and in Port Douglas between 1995 and 1997.
It is alleged the man indecently touched the girl at a Carrara residence between 1995 and 1996 and at a Port Douglas motel in 1997.
Detectives from the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit commenced an investigation in 2015.
As a result of extensive and protracted investigations, on Sunday March 17 Victorian police arrested a 73-year-old Swan Hill man at Swan Hill.
Yesterday, the man was extradited to Queensland where he was charged with five counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16.
His matter was heard at the Southport Magistrate's Court this morning and he has been remanded in custody to reappear tomorrow, March 21.
Investigations are continuing.
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