Bizarre courtroom scenes unfold as a man accused of keeping a creepy doll wearing a Disney hair clip in a concealed room denies it looks like a child

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A man who kept a female doll in a ‘concealed’ room at a western Sydney warehouse denies the rubber mannequin looks like a child and says there is no evidence he used it for sex.

Michael Brereton is facing trial in Penrith District Court where he has pleaded not guilty to one count of possessing a child-like sex doll.

The 56-year-old from Quakers Hill admits he kept the the doll in a storage facility at nearby Kings Park but disputes it resembles a person under 18 years of age.

The court heard the doll was 142cm to 143cm tall (4’8″), of ‘relatively slim’ build, with narrow hips and other features consistent with the appearance of a child. 

Commonwealth prosecutor David Jordan said the doll also had ‘visible breasts’ and a vaginal cavity and vulva, which were consistent with it being used as a sex toy. 

When the doll was found by police it was wearing a sleeveless slip or shift dress, joggers and a hair clip featuring the character Anna from the Disney animated film Frozen.

‘It’s the sort of hair clip that a child would wear, I’m going to suggest to you, opposed to someone 18 or older,’ Mr Jordan told the jury. 

The doll was naked and wearing a waist-length wig on Wednesday when it was presented to the six men and six women who will decide whether Brereton is guilty.

A man who kept a female doll in a ‘concealed’ room at a western Sydney warehouse denies the rubber mannequin looks like a child and says there is no evidence he used it for sex. Michael Brereton is pictured outside Penrith District Court

A jury heard the doll was 142cm to 143cm tall (4’8″), of ‘relatively slim’ build, with narrow hips and other features consistent with the appearance of a child. it is pictured in front of a police height chart 

A policewoman used scissors to cut open a paper evidence bag then stood the doll up against the court’s back wall.

Senior Constable Hayley Birch used latex gloves to handle the doll and pulled hair away from its face so its features could be seen by the jurors.  

Brereton, who has a pair of red lips tattooed on the left side of his neck, sat in the dock as Senior Constable Birch then produced the dress and shoes the doll had previously worn.

To prove the offence, the Crown not only has to establish Brereton was in possession of the doll – which he admits – but two other elements of the indictment.

One of those elements is that that the doll ‘resembles a person who is, or appears to be, under the 18 years of age’ – which Brereton vehemently denies. 

The other is that ‘a reasonable person would consider it likely that the doll is intended to be used by a person to simulate sexual intercourse’.

Brereton’s barrister Zaid Khan did not dispute a reasonable person would make that assumption but said his client did not concede using the doll for such purposes.

‘It is not an element for you to consider if that was in fact what Mr Brereton used the doll for,’ Mr Khan said.

Commonwealth prosecutor David Jordan said the doll (pictured being taken to court) had ‘visible breasts’ and a vaginal cavity, which were consistent with it being used as a sex toy

When the doll was found by police it was wearing a sleeveless slip or shift dress, joggers and a hair clip featuring the character Anna from the Disney animated film Frozen

Mr Khan said there was no evidence Brereton used the doll for sex, asking the jury ‘not to prejudge’ and to ‘keep an open mind’.

‘You are not tasked with judging Mr Brereton’s morals,’ he said. ‘It’s not what we’re here for.

‘This type of doll – sex dolls – are not only legal but they represent a legitimate part of the adult entertainment industry. 

‘It’s only child-like sex dolls that are illegal.’

Mr Jordan said swabs had been taken of the doll’s genitalia and forensic analysis had not detected any bodily fluids or DNA from Brereton. 

Plain clothes Senior Constable Rafael Mateo from the State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad was among police who executed a search warrant at Brereton’s warehouse on June 7, 2023.

The court has heard the search was not related to any investigation into anything related to child exploitation material.

Senior Constable Mateo said he walked through the warehouse after other officers had been through the facility and found the doll.

Pictured is the location where the doll was discovered

Brereton, from Quakers Hill, admits he kept the the doll in a storage facility at nearby Kings Park but disputes it resembles a person under 18 years of age. He is pictured at court

Photographs of the doll in the warehouse (above) were given to the jury, as were other images including one of the doll standing next to a police height chart

It had been located in a ‘void’ police had not initially been able to access but which could be entered by pushing wheel-mounted shelving aside. 

The doll was standing in a knee-length Supré dress as well as white, maroon and beige joggers which appeared new due to the lack of wear on the soles. 

Photographs of the doll in the warehouse were given to the jury, as were other images including one of the doll standing next to a police height chart.

Mr Jordan took just 20 minutes to outline his case to the jury, having earlier warned them they would be confronted with graphic material.

He described the doll’s location as having been ‘concealed’ in an area off the main warehouse.

Mr Jordan asked jurors to take particular note of the Frozen hair clip and said the doll’s height and build as well as other physical characteristics suggested it was meant to represent a child.

Senior Constable Birch was unaware of any legislation or guidelines regarding height, weight or other features used to define what constituted a child sex doll. 

The trial before Judge Craig Everson continues. 

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