Regional doctor in Sydney court on child abuse charges

Nicholas Chu is suspended from practice while facing child abuse material and other charges. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A suspended doctor has faced court charged with producing child abuse and recording intimate images without consent.

Nicholas Chu is suspended while he faces 13 counts of intentionally recording intimate images without consent.

Chu has also been charged with two counts of producing child abuse material in about November 2022 and February 2023.

His multiple alleged victims cannot be identified.

Chu previously completed degrees at UNSW but the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency notes he is currently suspended.

“They cannot practise in Australia,” his listing on its website reads.

Chu principally practised in central west NSW at Orange, however is on bail living in Sydney.

He was first registered in December 2021, and according to court documents seen by AAP, began the bulk of his alleged offending the next month, continuing until February 2023.

He appeared Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday where prosecutors confirmed a brief of evidence has been served.

Chu returns to court for the charges to be certified in November.

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