A FORMER Ballarat businessman has pleaded guilty to performing an indecent act on a child under the age of 16.
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Adam Wynne-Jenkins, 35, formerly of Beechworth, appeared in Wondonga Magistrates Court on Thursday where he also pleaded guilty to a Commonwealth charge of using a carriage service to groom a child under the age of 16 for sexual acts in the future.
Wynne-Jenkins was a former co-owner of Aradale Ghost Tours where he and a business partner ran tours of the old Ararat Lunatic Asylum.
He is no longer involved with Aradale Ghost Tours.
A clean-shaven Wynne-Jenkins appeared in court before magistrate Stella Stuthridge and was further bailed to re-appear at the Wodonga County Court sittings that begin on April 29.
A former Beechworth tourism identity as well, Wynne-Jenkins was the operator and tour guide for the popular Beechworth Ghost Tours.
He no longer works for the company.
Wynne-Jenkins also co-ordinated the famous Ned Kelly Weekend festival in Beechworth, which re-enacted the arrival of Kelly and his committal hearing in the Beechworth Courthouse.
Wynne-Jenkins had been the founding president of the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group.
