Dean Patrick James, 36, from Sebastopol, appeared briefly in Ballarat Magistrates Court yesterday morning, where he faced four charges relating to two separate matters.

Wearing a Melbourne Demons polo shirt and army camouflage cargo pants, James sat quietly in the dock as police successfully applied to revoke his bail.

His lawyer Jeremy Harper made no further application for bail.

Among the charges, James is facing single counts of child stealing and attempting to procure a child under 16 for sex, relating to his alleged abduction of a 13-year-old schoolgirl.

The teenager was reported missing after she left her home near Swan Hill on Tuesday last week.

James was arrested in Millicent in South Australia on Saturday, before magistrate Jack Fahey on Monday approved an extradition application made by members of the Ballarat Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigative Team.

Yesterday, the court heard James was on bail for other matters at the time of the alleged abduction.

He was due to appear in court on March 20 regarding charges of assault and assault by kicking, but failed to appear.

Magistrate Peter Couzens remanded James to reappear in court on June 19.

On Monday, James’ lawyer Ebony Cunningham told the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court her client would never have been in South Australia had the teenage girl not contacted him.

“He was attempting to protect a minor,” she said.

Ms Cunningham also claimed James had believed the girl was 20 years old until she purchased a train ticket to Ballarat last week.

Detective Senior Constable Adam Tink told the Mount Gambier court police had arrested James after receiving several tip-offs about the girl’s whereabouts.