A Dapto man has faced court accused of secretly taping his estranged wife having sex with another man and threatening to make the videos public if she went to police.
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The man allegedly set up a video and audio recording device disguised as an alarm clock in his estranged wife's bedroom and spare room and taped the woman in secret for approximately three weeks.
During that time, the 37-year-old father allegedly caught his estranged wife having sex with another man on at least one occasion.
He is accused of then threatening to send the intimate footage to the woman's work, family and friends if she reported his alleged behaviour to police.
Port Kembla Local Court heard on Monday the woman ignored the alleged threat and contacted police on March 26, having found the recording devices in her home the day before.
Police allege the woman became suspicious that her estranged husband was watching her and searched her home, finding the small alarm clock, a black box and small remote control.
The man is accused of setting up the equipment while minding the couple's children when his estranged wife went to work.
She allegedly confronted him the following day and told him she was "going to the police" with the devices, police facts tendered to court said.
Police allege that is when he threatened to go public.
"I have all the text messages you sent and I have footage of you with guys," he allegedly told her.
"I'll send them to work, to your family, to your friends ... if you go to the police, I'll destroy you."
He was subsequently charged with two counts of contravening an apprehended violence order (AVO), two counts of intimidation and one count of installing a recording device to record a conversation he was not party to.
During his bail hearing, the court heard the man had a clean record and had been upfront with police, allegedly handing over the incriminating footage.
Defence lawyer Nerissa Keay noted the alleged contraventions of the AVO seemed to stem from the misapprehension shared by both parties that he was allowed to enter the home and care for his children in that way.
Magistrate Michael Stoddart granted the man bail and the matter was adjourned to May 7.