Sydney teacher allegedly filmed child abuse material at north shore school

A teacher has been charged with producing and possessing child abuse material after allegedly secretly filming girls at a school on Sydney’s upper north shore.

Richard Kenneth Harman, 61, was arrested after reports of child abuse material on electronic devices at a Hornsby home brought detectives to the door about noon on Tuesday.

A 61-year-old teacher at a school in Sydney’s north-west has been denied bail over child abuse material allegedly found on his devices.Sam MooyOne USB drive was allegedly found containing covertly filmed footage of females in public and in a school environment, police said in a statement.

Harman was taken to hospital for assessment while police continued searching the home, seizing devices for further examination. Detectives allegedly found several recordings captured on the grounds of a Wahroonga school where he worked.

After Harman was discharged from hospital on Thursday afternoon he was charged with five counts of intentionally recording intimate image without consent, producing child abuse material and possessing child abuse material.

Harman did not apply for bail and it was formally refused at Hornsby Local Court, where he is due to appear again on November 18.

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