Overview
- Eleven aggravated indecent assault charges were withdrawn after two complainants pulled out, prompting what the magistrate called a reformation of the case.
- Jones now faces 27 offences — 25 counts of indecent assault and two of sexual touching — linked to nine complainants from alleged incidents between 2001 and 2019.
- The matter will proceed in the Local Court before a magistrate rather than to a District Court jury trial.
- Under Local Court limits, the maximum aggregate sentence is five years, whereas the previously laid aggravated counts carried penalties of up to seven years each.
- Jones denies all allegations, and the case is due back in court next month following a police probe that began after investigative reporting by the Herald.