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One of Australia’s worst paedophiles will spend life in prison for hundreds of sex offences he committed while working in childcare centres. Ashley Paul Griffith, 46, returned to the dock in Brisbane District Court on Friday for the completion of his sentencing hearing. He pleaded guilty to 28 counts of rape against girls primarily aged three to five at childcare centres between 2007 and 2022.
He filmed most of this and uploaded some to the Dark Web. That was a significant aggravating feature here. There was planning involved in the offending. There has been a significant impact on the families. “Denunciation, punishment, deterrence, far outweigh the issue of rehabilitation.” Griffith pleaded guilty to 307 offences including ongoing sexual abuse and making child exploitation material against nearly 70 victims beginning in 2003 and ending with his arrest in August 2022.
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