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Australian schools ban Craig Silvey’s books after he pleads guilty to possessing child exploitation material

The Independent·Shahana Yasmin·27 days ago
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Schools in Western Australia have permanently removed books by Craig Silvey after he pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material. Silvey, 43, entered guilty pleas to a pair of offences related to possessing images of child exploitation on Tuesday, according to the ABC. Prosecutors dropped two other charges, including an allegation that he produced child exploitation material between February and June 2022. Silvey, who has three children, was arrested in January after detectives from the police’s child abuse squad raided his home in Fremantle, near Perth, and seized electronic devices. The court heard the writer had communicated online with child exploitation offenders over several days in January and had refused to provide passwords giving police access to his phone, laptop, and other devices, according to WA Today .…

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