A former South Australian Labor staffer accused of child sex offences has been granted home-detention bail to an address 400 metres from a school, an Adelaide court has heard.
Benjamin Waters has been charged with one count of producing child abuse material through a carriage service and four counts of possessing child exploitation material following an investigation by SA Police and the Australian Federal Police.
The 38-year-old was granted home detention bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today on strict conditions.
Mr Waters must abstain from alcohol and drugs, have no contact with or attempt to have any contact with a child under the age of 18, engage in any child-related work and agree to police conducting searches of his electronic devices.
He will also be required to wear an electronic monitoring device for the duration of his home detention.
Chief Magistrate Mary-Louise Hribal has also banned him from using the internet, except for the purposes of banking, government-related services, employment or to contact his lawyer and from altering or deleting his internet search history.
Prosecutors did not oppose his release on home-detention bail.
The matter will return to court in May.
Mr Waters's co-accused, Stewart Iain Berry, made no application for bail at a hearing last month and was remanded in custody.
A suppression order on his name was lifted last week.
