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Farmer Wants a Wife participant on child exploitation charges

Matt Goyder, who featured on the 2016 dating series, appeared in a Perth court yesterday.

Former Farmer Wants a Wife participant Matt Goyder has faced a Perth court accused of distributing child abuse material online.

Goyder appeared on the 2016 series on Nine, living on a station in Western Australia’s Pilbara region near Marble Bar.

Police officers allegedly searched an East Perth premises where they seized mobile phones and other electronic devices.

Goyder faced Perth Magistrates Court yesterday charged with possessing child exploitation material, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years’ imprisonment, and distributing child exploitation material, which has a maximum penalty of 10 years behind bars.

He was not required to enter a plea and was granted bail ahead of his next court appearance on March 19.

Source: Nine News, news.com.au