Coach ’groomed girls’

THE son of former NBL coach Rob Beveridge will face court next month charged with grooming teenage girls for sex over a three-year period.

Jaydon Beveridge (pictured) is accused of grooming several girls he coaches in Wollongong, aged between 14 and 16, via social media and requesting explicit photographs of them between April 2017 and January 2020. He is also accused of supplying alcohol to a 15-year-old girl.

In June, detectives from Wollongong Police District executed a search warrant on the 21-year-old’s home and seized electronic items for forensic examination.

On Thursday Beveridge was arrested and charged with grooming a child between the ages of 14 and 16 for unlawful sexual activity and inciting aggravated indecency with a victim under 16 and under authority of the offender. He was granted conditional bail and is due to face Wollongong Local Court on August 11.

A LUCKY Victorian has won a colossal $80 million in Thursday night’s Powerball draw.

The mystery winner held the only division one winning entry across Australia.

The multimillion-dollar entry is not registered to a card, meaning officials have no way of contacting the winner and will have to wait for them to come forward.

The lucky winner bought their golden ticket at a store on the Mornington Peninsula.

There was no word on from which store their winning numbers were purchased.

“Someone in Victoria could be completely unaware that their life has changed forever,” the Lott spokeswoman Bronwyn Spencer said.

“We can’t wait to unite this player with their prize.”