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IN BRIEF: Man arrested for child sex crime

Mount Gambier police arrested a man from the South East on Thursday and charged him with persistent sexual exploitation of a child.

It will be alleged the offence occurred between 2016 and 2018 in the South East.

The 43-year-old man was granted bail and will appear in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court on November 20.

The Border Watch has been informed of other details, however is unable to publish further information about the matter due to the legal process.

More details around the case will be published as the matter progresses, however the media is restricted in what it can publish until the man appears in court.

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