Man who married 12yo receives bail

A Lebanese man who allegedly married a girl in an Islamic ceremony in NSW has been granted bail.

The 26-year-old was living in Australia on a student visa when he allegedly met the then 12-year-old girl in the Hunter region last year.

Police say he became involved in a sexual relationship with her and that they moved to a house in Sydney's southwest.

It is alleged that he then married the girl in an Islamic ceremony in NSW earlier this year.

She is now 13.

The man, who faces 25 counts of sexual intercourse with a child, was granted conditional bail at Burwood Local Court on Monday.

He is due to reappear in the same court next month.