A former yoga instructor and osteopath is facing charges related to producing child abuse material and engaging in sexual acts with an animal after police raided her home. Authorities arrested 48-year-old Byron Bay resident Stina Wangqvist last month, and she was later released on bail following a court appearance.
Wangqvist has been charged alongside 47-year-old Tore Milazzo. According to information presented in court, Milazzo allegedly “used his own dog for sexual gratification.” He faces nine charges in total, including producing and possessing child abuse material, sexually touching an animal, two counts of possessing a prohibited drug, and failing to meet approved firearm storage requirements.
Although both defendants have been granted bail, the court imposed a number of strict conditions, according to the Daily Star.
Wangqvist must report to Ballina police station every day and is prohibited from using social media under the terms of her bail.
Local media outlets have identified the yoga instructor as a Swedish-Australian dual citizen. The court has also ordered her to surrender her passport.
According to the Daily Mail, Wangqvist is also prohibited from contacting or approaching anyone under the age of 18.
Reports indicate that her medical registration remains active.
Milazzo has also been ordered to check in with police every day and is banned from keeping any animals in his possession.
The case involves allegations relating to both animal abuse and child abuse.
He is also reportedly forbidden from having more than one mobile phone service or SIM card. In addition, the pair have allegedly been directed not to communicate directly with each other unless the contact takes place through their legal representatives.
Wangqvist and Tore Milazzo are are being prosecuted together because their alleged offenses stem from the same police operation -Credit:Tore Milazzo/Facebook
A statement from the Osteopathy Council of New South Wales (NSW), published by the Daily Mail, stated: “If we do place public conditions on a NSW health practitioner’s registration as a result of a complaint, these are available on the Register of Practitioners on the Ahpra website.
“The Council monitors these conditions to make sure they are being met.”
The co-accused are being tried together.
“The Council has the power to take urgent regulatory action to suspend or place conditions on a practitioner’s registration when it considers there is an unacceptable risk to public health and safety or that it is in the public interest.”
Milazzo is due to return to Byron Bay Local Court on August 3, while Wangqvist is reportedly scheduled to appear at Ballina Court on August 20.
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