Hayley Maree Cassell: Teacher charged with raft of indecent treatment of child offences named

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A teacher charged with over 75 offences related to the indecent treatment of a child has fronted court for the first time.

Hayley Maree Cassell hurriedly exited Southport Magistrates Court in the company of her lawyer and did not speak to waiting media after her matter was briefly mentioned on Wednesday morning.

Her lawyer Thomas McKee did not comment on whether she would be fighting the charges.

“It’s early days … she’s only just been charged,” he said as the pair left court.

Ms Cassell, from Hope Island woman, was charged by investigators from the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit in June, several months after receiving a complaint regarding the alleged acts.

The 32-year-old is facing 74 charges of indecent treatment of a child under 16.

She is also charged with one count each of grooming, observations or recordings in breach of privacy and attempting to pervert justice.

In February, a woman made a complaint to police regarding alleged indecent treatment when she was a teenager.

On Wednesday, Ms Cassell’s lawyer Thomas McKee asked for an adjournment for the brief of evidence to be disclosed.

The court was told six weeks was a suitable time frame for the brief to be delivered.

Mr McKee also asked for his client’s bail undertaking to be amended so she would be required to only report once a week to police.

Ms Cassell’s bail was continued and her matter was adjourned to September 28.

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