By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A Narre Warren South man accused of possessing child exploitation material has allegedly stored footage of girls walking past his home, a court has heard.
Dean Meyer, 35, pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography including explicit video of adults with children that appeared under the age of 10, prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Tim Barlow told the court.
Sixteen illegal images and six illegal video files were found on a computer tower, laptop and DVD disk seized by police from his home in October, police alleged.
Meyer declined to be interviewed on the charge.
A video of “particular concern” – though not illegal – appeared to be filmed from his master bedroom. It featured “very young girls walking past in school dresses”, Lead Sen Const Barlow said.
Police were also concerned that Meyer’s home was surrounded by extensive CCTV equipment linked to a TV inside his home, the court heard.
Meyer is awaiting sentencing for making explicit phone calls to dance studios about girl students featured on their websites in 2015-17.
During the calls, he made a graphic request for sex with a girl who had been featured in dance costume on a studio’s website.
He was bailed for sentencing at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 30 July, pending a Forensicare psychiatric report.
His bail conditions include reporting to police three times a week, living in a fixed abode, not travelling interstate, no internet access other than for employment and banking purposes and not to have contact with under-18s.
