A WOMAN who was on the run with her fiancé after a child porn raid pleaded with people to call the cops, a court hears.
Sen-Det Rosemary Ross told a bail hearing that seized computer files revealed 76 images of a naked and semi-naked Rebecca Michels, 25, and in a number of photographs she was posing with a 10-year-old girl, the Herald Sun reports.
Thousands of other child pornography images, some of the most extreme and upsetting kind, had been found on computers taken from their Frankston home.
Sen-Det Ross said that after 21 days on the run Ms Michels waited until co-accused and partner Craig Stanley, 28, left their camp site to obtain supplies before revealing to members of the public that they were fugitives.
Ms Michels said that if Mr Stanley found out police were on to them he would "do a runner or harm himself'' and she said he would never be found because he was army trained.
Sen-Det Ross said that when police arrived at Dimboola she told them they lived on carp and baked beans and they planned to survive on $100 a week which would last them until 2012.
"She was aware police were looking for them both but they did not want to be found and wanted to spend as much time together until police found them both, because she loved him,'' the detective told Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Dan Muling today granted bail to Ms Michels after hearing her father would put up a $100,000 surety and a prosecution submission they did not believe she would offend again while on bail.
Mr Muling ordered that Ms Michels live with her family in Darwin, she was ordered to forfeit her passport and he also said she could not contact her co-accused or access the internet except for work.
Ms Michels and Mr Stanley were arrested at a bush camp, 400km northwest of Melbourne on November 18
Mr Stanley was nabbed while shopping for groceries in a Dimboola supermarket.
They were charged with making, possessing and transmitting child pornography, and committing indecent acts with a child under 16.
Ms Michels, who is tiny and has a child-like stature, smiled and nodded from the prisoner's dock to her father, Ross McAdie, who travelled to Melbourne for the bail hearing.
Sen-Det Ross said the FBI alerted Australian Federal Police that a number of child pornography images had been uploaded to a website from an email address in Australia that contained the word "lolitasforever''.
On October 27 police raided the Langwarrin home of Mr Stanley and Ms Michels and seized a number of computers and storage devices and two days later the couple went missing after telling friends they were going gold prospecting near Ballarat.
Sen-Det Ross said that examination of the computer files revealed a number of images of Ms Michels, Mr Stanley and two other adults sitting naked on a couch together with a 10-year-old girl.
As a result of police inquiries the other couple are facing charges and the child is in the care of the DHS.
Under cross examination from defence barrister James Trevallion the detective said it appeared Mr Stanley was a "controlling person'' and a witness had described him as being possessive.
But Sen-Det Ross said that in the pornographic images with the child Ms Michel appeared to enjoying herself.
"The accused is laughing and she appeared to be a willing participant,'' the detective said.
Outside court Ms Michels' solicitor, Ben Archbold said his client was happy to be allowed to return to her family in Darwin until the case continues next year.
