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A 50-year-old man from Sydney is accused of flying to Brisbane to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex; he will stay behind bars since his bail is being denied. The accused, a primary school teacher was required to provide a AUD 20,000 cash surety on Monday in order to be released from a Brisbane police watch house. According to ABC News, Peter Bosma failed to pay the surety amount and hence will remain in police custody until his next court hearing in June.

Bosma who was a teacher at Waitara Public School in Sydney was arrested at a Brisbane fast food eatery. A program on ABC captured the arrest on Saturday morning where police said the meeting was pre-planned. The manic teacher was completely unaware that the girl he had been speaking to via Skype was actually an undercover agent. She works with Taskforce Argos at Queensland Police. He walked into a trap as he arrived at the restaurant.

The female detective was dressed like a teenager, had sat strategically while a team of undercover officers arrested him. The footage showed the restaurant customers witnessed Bosma being handcuffed.

The Department of Education said the families of the school's students had been informed about the arrest.

"They have been advised that the charges do not relate to offences towards students at the school," the department said in a statement. "The department has taken action to remove the teacher from teaching duty pending the outcome of any court proceedings and/or any subsequent investigation by the department."

While the parents at the school expressed shock at the news, said they waited for an official conformation from the school. A father whose two daughters attend the school; said he found out about the arrest through the TV program. He immediately wanted to talk to the principal of the school and gather other parents together to discuss the matter.

Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) Emma Rossi opined, "I think you've got to be careful that you don't want to be seen as the ogre so that they don't come to you when there's a problem."

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