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Laine Clark

Man charged with 116 offences 'targeted girls online'

A Queensland man has been charged by police with 116 child abuse offences. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE)

Children have been warned "stranger danger" can occur in their own rooms after a man accused of targeting minors online was charged with more than 100 offences.

Dion Adam Lingard, 31, is in custody after allegedly grooming two girls - aged between 12 and 14 - online before meeting them in Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

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