Victoria Police officer, 26, is charged with child sex offences weeks out from his Yarra Valley wedding

  • A Victoria Police officer was charged with child sex offences
  • Conor McCurley allegedly committed indecent acts
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By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia

Updated: 10:06 BST, 1 September 2023

A police officer has been charged with several child sex offences just a month out from his wedding.

Conor McCurley, 26, is a first constable from Victoria’s North West Metro region and appeared at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday after being charged with 19 offences.

Those charges include committing indecent acts with or in the presence of a child under 16, sexual penetration and touching his alleged victim’s genitals, the Herald Sun reported.

It’s alleged McCurley committed the acts when he was a teenager between 2011 and 2014, before he was a member of the Victoria Police force, with his alleged victim now aged in her 20s.

Junior policeman Conor McCurley (left with his fiancee) is accused of committing 19 child sex offences when he was a teenager

Junior policeman Conor McCurley (left with his fiancee) is accused of committing 19 child sex offences when he was a teenager

It's alleged McCurley (above) committed the indecent acts before he became a policeman

It's alleged McCurley (above) committed the indecent acts before he became a policeman

It’s alleged McCurley (above) committed the indecent acts before he became a policeman

McCurley was charged on August 16 following an internal police investigation by the Sexual Offences and Family Violence Unit (SOFVU).

He appeared virtually in court on Friday where the matter was adjourned until November 10.

The news comes just weeks before McCurley is due to wed his fiancee of two years at Acacia Ridge Winery in Yarra Valley on September 30.

The couple’s wedding-countdown websites shows a timeline of their love story, detailing how they met in 2020 and were engaged by 2021. 

It is unclear whether the wedding is going ahead. 

McCurley’s court hearing fell on the same day another Victorian first constable was charged with a list of sexual crimes.

The 35-year-old male officer was charged with seven counts of sexual assault which allegedly occurred between 2018 and 2020 in western Victoria while he was off duty.

He will appear before a court at a later date.

McCurley is due to wed his fiance of two years (pictured together) in Yarra Valley on September 30

McCurley is due to wed his fiance of two years (pictured together) in Yarra Valley on September 30

McCurley is due to wed his fiance of two years (pictured together) in Yarra Valley on September 30

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