A Halifax music therapist facing child pornography charges will be spending the next few days in jail.

Robert William Harris appeared in court for a bail hearing Friday afternoon but his lawyer has asked for more time to review the case.

Harris, 46, is facing charges of accessing, possessing, and making available child pornography.

Anna Buskin lives across the street from the house Harris is renting on Allan Street. She says she saw police officers at the home early Thursday morning.

“Carrying at least three computers and several other large containers of things out of the house and into a van,” describes Buskin.

Police arrested Harris after seizing computer equipment from the home.

“Local police did a direct connect to a local computer and downloaded 66 images of child pornography for that computer,” says Crown prosecutor Craig Botterill.

Police do not believe any of the images involve local children.

The Crown has been opposing Harris’ release because they didn’t think he had any ties in Nova Scotia. Harris is originally from Newfoundland and moved to Nova Scotia from Burlington, Ont.

The Crown says Harris has been renting a house in Halifax. The owner of the home is away in a foreign country.

“Considering that this offence comes with a mandatory minimum one-year jail sentence, with no roots in the community, the chap represents a flight risk,” says Botterill.

However, the defence says Harris has a brother in the Halifax area.

“The defence wants to explore the possibility of him perhaps being released into the care and custody of his brother with him and they want the weekend to look into that so they can make some representations to the court Tuesday morning,” says Botterill.

Until then, Harris will remain at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside.

According to Harris’ website, he graduated from Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo in 2003 and received a Master of Music Therapy in 2007.

The website says Harris launched his own private practice, Creative Expressions Music Therapy Services, in the summer of 2011.

Harris works with infants, toddlers, school-age children, teens, young adults and seniors. His clients face challenges such as ADHD, autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, developmental delays and mental illness, according to the website.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Jacqueline Foster