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Commonwealth Bank executive Christopher James McCann found dead in Springbrook National Park

McCann was bailed on Monday after facing a Brisbane court.
Commonwealth Bank executive Christopher James McCann found dead in Springbrook National Park.

Commonwealth Bank executive Christopher James McCann found dead in Springbrook National Park

McCann was bailed on Monday after facing a Brisbane court.

A Commonwealth Bank executive charged with grooming underage girls for sex has been found dead in Queensland.

Christopher James McCann, 50, was found dead in Springbrook National Park in the state’s southeast on Wednesday afternoon.

He was on bail after being charged with one count of using the internet to procure children aged under 16.

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Police said they were treating the death as non-suspicious.

“A report will be prepared for the coroner following the non-suspicious death of a man at Springbrook yesterday,” they said.

The Sydney-based McCann was extradited to Queensland on July 10 after being arrested by NSW Police.

The high-flying corporate finance executive’s employment with Commonwealth Bank was terminated as a result of the allegations.

McCann faced Brisbane Arrest Court on Monday, when Magistrate Louise Shephard told McCann he was accused of a “terribly serious offence” by allegedly engaging Brisbane sex worker Shauntelle Elizabeth Went, 18, to supply the services of two girls aged 14 or 15.

“You travelled interstate frequently. You formed some kind of connection with (Went). On May 14 police intercepted messages between you and she,” Shephard said.

“The allegation is you ... queried her about whether she had younger friends that she worked with.”

Christopher James McCann had been granted bail after being extradited interstate.
Christopher James McCann had been granted bail after being extradited interstate. Credit: 7NEWS

McCann was granted bail on conditions including an overnight curfew and being limited to one mobile phone with no encrypted applications.

— With AAP

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