A Riverside man accused of possessing child abuse product will face new charges brought by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
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Bradley Maxwell Hidding, 44, did not appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court but was present via a telephone call from the court.
Defence counsel Evan Hughes said Mr Hidding called him complaining of a sore throat and runny nose and that he would not attend court.
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Commonwealth prosecutor David Sikk withdrew a complaint of possession of bestiality product and it was dismissed by Magistrate Sharon Cure.
Mr Sikk said that a new complaint had been filed on Tuesday morning which was linked factually to the other charges Mr Hidding faces.
The new complaint includes indictable charges which could be heard in the Supreme Court by a jury.
The new complaint alleges two counts of using a carriage service, namely the internet, to access child abuse material between March 20 and April 30, 2020.
He also faces a new count of using a carriage service to access child pornography material on March 4, 2020.
He did not plead to the new complaint.
Mr Hidding is yet to plead to three counts of possess child abuse material accessed using a carriage service and held on a Samsung Galaxy tablet, Samsung mobile phone and Buffalo ministation hard drive.
The charges were laid after an Australian Federal Police raid of Mr Hidding's home on April 30, 2020.
Mr Hughes complained about media coverage of Mr Hidding, who is the son of former politician Rene Hidding.
He said Mr Hidding had been accused of being part of a paedophile ring, which was false.
He said images of a search of Mr Hidding's home had been leaked to the media.
"I have written to the Australian Federal Police about this," he said.
"My instructions are to dispute the matters."
Mr Hughes said that if there was any further delay beyond what was reasonable he would be seeking to have the matter listed for hearing. Mr Hidding first appeared in June.
Ms Cure adjourned the matter until February 9 at 9.45am.