NSW Man Admits 87 Charges in Batemans Bay Court 2026

Key Points

• Man from NSW pleads guilty to 87 charges at Batemans Bay Local Court in New South Wales.
• Guilty pleas relate to 83 offences of deliberately making intimate images without consent.
• Defendant pleaded guilty to 4 offences of using a child under 14 years of age in order to create child sexual abuse material.
• Original number of charges amounted to 116 in total.
• An additional 20 charges have been put on Form 1 schedule, which means that these charges will be taken into account for the purposes of sentencing even though formal guilty pleas have not been entered on these charges.
• Six charges have been withdrawn.
• Defendant pleaded not guilty to three charges that will go separately.
• Outstanding charges involve sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years old, aggravated sexual touching and indecent act with a person under 16 years of age.
• The defendant has been in custody since late 2025 and denied bail after the last court appearance.
• Defendant appeared via audiovisual link from Shortland Correctional Centre in Cessnock.
• Case has been before the court for 21 hearings so far and is scheduled to return to court in October.

Wales Crime (Wales Times) August 31, 2026 – an unnamed man from the Eurobodalla region on the Far South Coast of New South Wales has pleaded guilty to 87 charges involving the intentional recording of intimate images without consent and the use of a child to produce child sexual abuse material.

As reported by Lev Shevtsov of UA.News, citing ABC News Australia, the guilty pleas were entered at Batemans Bay Local Court. The case concerns a man from the Eurobodalla area, which includes communities along the south coast of New South Wales.

The 87 admitted charges consist of 83 counts of intentionally recording an intimate image without consent and four counts of using a child under the age of 14 to produce child sexual abuse material. The court has not yet sentenced the man for the offences to which he pleaded guilty.

The defendant had initially faced 116 charges. According to ABC News Australia’s court report, 20 charges were instead placed on a Form 1 list. This means the defendant did not formally plead guilty to those particular counts, but the court may take them into consideration during sentencing for the offences to which he has admitted guilt. Six of the original charges were withdrawn.

The hearing marks a significant procedural stage in a case that has already appeared before the court on 21 occasions. The matter is not concluded, however, because three charges remain disputed and are expected to be dealt with through further court proceedings.

Which 87 charges did the NSW man admit?

The man pleaded guilty to two main categories of offences.

First, he admitted 83 counts of intentionally recording intimate images without consent. These charges concern allegations that intimate material was deliberately recorded when consent had not been given.

Second, he pleaded guilty to four counts alleging the use of a child under the age of 14 to produce child sexual abuse material. The reporting available does not provide further factual details about the alleged victims, locations, recording methods, or the evidence relied upon in the prosecution.

UA.News, in an article written by Lev Shevtsov and published on 31 August 2026, reported that the pleas related to both non-consensual intimate recordings and child sexual abuse material. The outlet attributed the court information to ABC News Australia.

ABC News Australia reported that the alleged offending occurred over several years. As the case includes unresolved charges, the allegations that remain contested have not been proven and should not be treated as established facts.

What charges does the man still deny?

The defendant did not plead guilty to three charges. ABC News Australia reported that the charges still being contested are:

• Sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10.
• Aggravated sexual touching of another person.
• An act of indecency involving a person under the age of 16.

These allegations are separate from the 87 counts to which guilty pleas were entered. The man is entitled to have the remaining allegations determined through the legal process, and no finding of guilt has been reported in relation to them.

The case will therefore proceed on two tracks. The court must determine an appropriate sentence for the 87 offences admitted by the defendant, while the three charges he disputes may proceed to trial or another court hearing.

Why were 20 charges placed on a Form 1 list?

Twenty charges were placed on a Form 1 list in connection with the case. Under this court procedure, a defendant does not enter a formal guilty plea to the listed offences. However, the offences can be taken into account by the sentencing court when it determines a penalty for charges to which the defendant has pleaded guilty.

The presence of Form 1 matters does not mean those counts have resulted in separate convictions. It means the court may consider the conduct represented by the listed allegations when assessing the overall seriousness of the admitted offending and deciding an appropriate sentence.

In this case, the original number of charges was 116. The reported breakdown is:

Case outcome	Number of charges
Charges admitted through guilty pleas	87
Charges placed on a Form 1 list	20
Charges denied by the defendant	3
Charges withdrawn	6
Original total	116

This breakdown accounts for all 116 charges initially faced by the defendant, according to the reporting by ABC News Australia and UA.News.

What did the court hear about custody and bail?

The defendant has been in custody since late 2025, according to ABC News Australia. He attended the latest Batemans Bay Local Court hearing by audiovisual link from Shortland Correctional Centre in Cessnock, in the Hunter region of New South Wales.

The court refused the man bail while he awaits sentencing for the offences to which he pleaded guilty and further proceedings on the charges he denies. The reporting does not provide detailed reasons for the bail decision.

ABC News Australia reported that Judge Doug Dick referred to the length of the court process, telling the defendant that it had been “a long way to get here, but at last, it’s moving on.” The remark was made after the case had appeared before the court 21 times.

The defendant is scheduled to return to court in October. The available reports do not state the precise hearing date, whether sentencing will occur at that appearance, or the timetable for the unresolved charges.

What happens next in the NSW court case?

The next stage will involve further court proceedings in October. The defendant remains in custody after bail was refused.

The court will need to address sentencing for the 87 charges to which the man pleaded guilty. Sentencing is a separate stage from the entry of pleas. It allows the court to consider the admitted offences, the Form 1 matters that may be taken into account, submissions from the prosecution and defence, and any other information properly before the court.

The three charges denied by the defendant remain allegations. They may be dealt with through a trial or through other procedural steps before any verdict can be reached. The reporting available as of 31 August 2026 does not state when a trial will take place.

No sentence has been reported. There is also no reported final outcome for the three disputed charges.

Background: What is known about the Eurobodalla case?

The case concerns a man from Eurobodalla, a local government area on the Far South Coast of New South Wales. Court reporting identifies Batemans Bay Local Court as the venue where the guilty pleas were entered.

UA.News reported that the accused faced allegations involving non-consensual intimate image recordings and child sexual abuse material. Its report was written by Lev Shevtsov and relied on reporting by ABC News Australia. The available reports do not identify the defendant by name, and they do not provide details that could identify alleged victims.

The matter had been before the court 21 times before the guilty pleas were entered. The length of the proceedings, the number of original charges, and the combination of guilty pleas, Form 1 matters, withdrawn counts and contested allegations explain why the case remains active despite the 87 admissions of guilt.

The case should be distinguished from matters in which all charges are resolved at one hearing. Here, the guilty pleas resolve 87 counts, but sentencing has not yet taken place and three serious allegations remain before the court.

Prediction: How could this development affect the Eurobodalla community?

The immediate effect for the Eurobodalla community is likely to be continued attention on the court process until sentencing and the outcome of the remaining charges are known. Residents, local service providers and people connected to the case may follow the October hearing because it is expected to clarify the next procedural steps.

For alleged victims and their families, the guilty pleas may bring a measure of legal progress, although the proceedings are not complete. The remaining disputed charges and sentencing process mean that the matter will continue through the court system.

For the wider public, the case highlights the distinction between charges that have been admitted, charges that may be considered during sentencing, charges that have been withdrawn, and charges that are still denied. The final legal outcome will depend on the sentencing decision and the resolution of the three contested allegations.