A NSW GP is facing court for allegedly planning sexual relations with an 11-year-old girl, and her mother, following an online police ‘sting’ investigation.

Dr Murray Govan, a doctor in Coffs Harbour, was arrested earlier this month outside a hotel in Parramatta in Sydney’s west by Strike Force Trawler detectives.

Officers posing as the mother of an 11-year-old girl had begun chatting with the alleged offender online about sexually explicit acts he wished to perform on both of them, a NSW Police statement says.

Police allege that Dr Govan, 49, believed he was speaking with the 32-year-old mother of the girl.