A man accused of leading police to former childcare worker and alleged pedophile Joshua Brown has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges.

Michael Simon Wilson, 36, faced Melbourne Magistrates Court today and he opted to fast-track more than 60 charges to a higher court.

The alleged offences include child abuse possession and transmission, aggravated use of a carriage service, bestiality, and his alleged rape of a teen he met on social media.

Wilson was alleged to have committed the offences between April 2022 and May 2025, and many of the charges arose from an analysis of his mobile phone, the court was told previously.

His lawyer Heather Anderson said that set of offences were proceeding straight to the County Court with pleas of not guilty to each as they involved alleged chil

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