Walter Robert McHughes, 33, was charged with an act of indecency without consent and trespass on Saturday after he was allegedly found with a pornographic magazine on the Braddon property on two separate occasions in September.

Court documents said the shocked female owner of the property was walking home at about 5pm on September 9 when she saw the defendant in her front yard, in clear view from the street, holding a magazine in one hand and his penis in the other.

The woman took a few steps past before turning back to confront the man, the statement of facts said.

"Excuse me! That is my front yard, would you mind leaving!?" the woman said.

The defendant allegedly then lowered his magazine and pulled his pants up before running away through a gap in the front yard's hedgerow.

Nine days later the man was back, this time spotted in the rear yard by the woman while she cooked in the kitchen.

Court documents said the defendant was observed bending over and picking up things from the ground, with police later finding pieces of a pornographic magazine.

The woman took a number of pictures of the defendant on her phone before he fled the property, apparently alerted by the click of the phone's camera function.

Mr McHughes is alleged to have again returned returned on February 2 this year, where the woman's husband spotted him enter the front yard and hunch over while "moving pieces of pornographic material at his feet".

Confronted by the husband, the man fled and was later cautioned by police, at which time he said he had entered the yard to go to the toilet, the magazies used to "wipe his bum".

Police arrested the defendant on Friday after they received a forensic biology report confirming the defendant's DNA on the items in the rear yard.

The duty lawyer for the defendant told the ACT Magistrates Court the man suffered from schizophrenia and was unemployed.

Magistrate Bernadette Boss refused bail and the matter will return to court on Thursday, February 12.

Separate charges for an act of indecency and two charges of indecent exposure return to court on March 5.

Mr McHughes did not enter a plea on Saturday.