Jarrod Alex Yarran: Man accused of indecently dealing with child in bailed to live with another child

A man accused of indecently dealing with a child multiple times has been released on bail to live in the same home as another child despite police prosecution’s concerns the address is “not appropriate”. Jarrod Alex Yarran appeared in Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon charged with three counts of indecent dealing with a child under 13 years of age, to which he is yet to enter any plea. He also faced one count of aggravated assault and one count of breaching a community order, both of which he has already received a conviction. The 32-year-old’s lawyer Leneva Polmear applied for bail on her client’s behalf, proposing an address in Perth’s south where he could live. Bail was vehemently opposed by police prosecutor Sen. Const. Amy Southall, who said the proposed address was “not suitable” for bail. She said after looking into the address an investigating police officer found it was home to a woman and her 15-year-old son, which would make it “not appropriate” for Mr Yarran to reside there. Magistrate Janie Gibbs said while the fact there was a child in the home was “somewhat concerning”, conditions could alleviate risk posed by his release. Ms Gibbs granted bail under the condition he had no unsupervised access to children — including the child he will be living with. She barred him from contacting the alleged child victim. He was also required to sign a personal undertaking of $2000, which will need to be paid if he fails to appear at a future court date.