BILL Spedding, the Bonny Hills resident arrested by the team investigating William Tyrrell's disappearance, submitted a bail application to the NSW Supreme Court on Monday.
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The 63-year-old was arrested on April 22 and charged with five counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years and two counts of common assault.
He is accused of three counts of having sex with a three-year-old between March 1, 1987 and April 30 of that year.
During the same period he is accused of common assault against the same child.
From March 1, 1987 until the end of the following month he is alleged of two counts of having sex with a six-year-old, as well as common assault against the child.
All the alleged offences took place in the Campbelltown area.
Magistrate Thomas Hodgson refused Mr Spedding bail in Port Macquarie Local Court on April 23.
Solicitor Rob Hoyles had applied for bail on the basis his client had no criminal history, had strong community ties and intended to plead not guilty.
Legal Aid NSW's Port Macquarie acting solicitor in charge said his client could live at a local residence and not enter Sydney.
Mr Hoyles also said $30,000 equity his client has in a property could be offered as surety.
But the magistrate said it was a "reasonably strong prosecution case" with a "custodial sentence likely".
The bail application will be decided on June 15, with Spedding due to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court three days later.
