A man will face court today after allegedly orchestrating and filming the sexual abuse of three women on the Central Coast over a seven-year period.
In December 2025, police seized 120 electronic storage devices from a home in Tumbi Umbi, as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged domestic violence incident.
Following an initial review of the devices, police uncovered a large amount of covertly filmed sexual content and detectives attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District established Strike Force Zetter to investigate further.
As part of the investigation, strike force detectives located 2.5 million files containing the sexual and physical abuse of three different women – aged between 29 and 31 – over a seven-year period.
Following extensive inquiries, strike force detectives attended a facility in Wellington, yesterday (Monday 12 October 2026), where they arrested and charged a 39-year-old man with:
- Intentionally record intimate image without consent (DV) (109 counts)
- Accessory to sexual intercourse without consent (DV) (57 counts)
- Aggravated sex assault-deprive liberty (DV) (12 counts)
- Sexual intercourse without consent (DV) (10 counts)
- Aggravated sex assault-offender in company with other/s (DV) (five counts)
- Take person intend serious indictable offence (DV) (four counts)
- Film person in private act without consent-aggravated (four counts)
- Stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm (three counts)
- Administer poison intend injure/cause distress (DV) (two counts)
- Intend abusive behaviour coerce/control intimate partner (DV)
- Aggravated sex assault-victim under the age of 16 years (DV)
- Wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
- Sexual assault by forced self-manipulation
The man was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Local Court 4 today (Tuesday 13 October 2026).
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