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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Hannah Neale

Shocking allegations emerge as ADFA shower spying case charges grow

A man who allegedly hid a camera inside a bathroom at the Australian Defence Force Academy is facing 79 new charges.

Tain Stewart Stephens, 20, faced the ACT Magistrates Court via phone on Tuesday, July 7.

Tain Stewart Stephens leaves court on a previous occasion. Picture by Mardi Borg

His lawyer, Mitchell Greig, entered pleas of not guilty on his client's behalf to a total of 84 charges.

These included 72 counts of capturing intimate visual data and one count each of using a carriage service to transmit sexual material without consent, and possessing, producing or supplying child abuse material.

It is alleged Stephens installed a hidden camera inside a soap dispenser in the academy's shared showers to film naked women.

Officers were called to the academy on May 9 after a resident and staff member located the device.

Police later seized multiple items after searching Stephens's room, vehicle and electronic devices.

He was arrested and was granted bail in May. During his bail application, prosecutor Emma Bayliss said the 20-year-old's actions were "calculated and premeditated", noting the dispenser had allegedly been fitted with a wireless transmitter, camera, and SD card.

She said another 17 soap dispensers across the academy had also been tampered with, although no additional recording devices were found.

The case is set to return to court in September.

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