Brisbane basketball coach accused of abusing three more children

A 67-year-old former basketball coach from Mango Hill has been hit with additional child sexual assault charges after more alleged victims came forward.

Former Northside Wizards coach Donald Robert McCarron was arrested on January 19 after police received information that he had used his coaching position to groom and abuse a child between 2013 and 2017.

He was charged with seven counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, and grooming a child under 16.

McCarron appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on January 31 and was granted bail, subject to an evening curfew, reporting arrangements and a ban on international travel.

At the time of his arrest, investigators from the “Operation Xray Modern” taskforce urged anyone else who might be a victim of the alleged offender to contact them.

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On Saturday, police confirmed another three young people, aged between 11 and 15 at the time of the alleged offences, had come forward.

McCarron is now accused of having committed a further five offences – in 2006, 2023 and 2024 – while a basketball coach.

Detectives from the Gateway Child Protection and Investigation Unit attended a Mango Hill address on Friday and charged him with four counts of indecent treatment of a child, and one count of entering a dwelling with intent.