{"id":68954,"date":"2025-07-17T04:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68954\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T04:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:21:16","slug":"commonwealth-bank-executive-christopher-james-mccann-found-dead-in-springbrook-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68954\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Bank executive Christopher James McCann found dead in Springbrook National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A Commonwealth Bank executive charged with grooming underage girls for sex has been found dead in Queensland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Christopher James McCann, 50, was found dead in Springbrook National Park in the state\u2019s southeast on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He was on bail after being charged with one count of using the internet to procure children aged under 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-cvgehw-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download today <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\" alt=\"Download today\" height=\"14\" width=\"20\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Police said they were treating the death as non-suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cA report will be prepared for the coroner following the non-suspicious death of a man at Springbrook yesterday,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The Sydney-based McCann was extradited to <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/qld\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland<\/a> on July 10 after being arrested by NSW Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The high-flying corporate finance executive\u2019s employment with Commonwealth Bank was terminated as a result of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">McCann faced <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/brisbane\" rel=\"noopener\">Brisbane<\/a> Arrest Court on Monday, when Magistrate Louise Shephard told McCann he was accused of a \u201cterribly serious offence\u201d by allegedly engaging Brisbane sex worker Shauntelle Elizabeth Went, 18, to supply the services of two girls aged 14 or 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cYou travelled interstate frequently. You formed some kind of connection with (Went). On May 14 police intercepted messages between you and she,\u201d Shephard said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe allegation is you &#8230; queried her about whether she had younger friends that she worked with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/076b08a398ecf1129239bf1297abe20f6e074453-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.png\" alt=\"Christopher James McCann had been granted bail after being extradited interstate.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Christopher James McCann had been granted bail after being extradited interstate. 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