An Australian childcare worker sexually abused 91 young girls over 15 years, police said, accusing him of documenting his 'unfathomable' alleged crimes in thousands of photos and videos.
— An Australian childcare worker sexually abused 91 young girls over 15 years, police said Tuesday, accusing him of documenting his"unfathomable" alleged crimes in thousands of photos and videos.
Included within the 1,623 charges are 136 counts of rape, 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child younger than 10 — a charge used instead of rape in some Australian jurisdictions — and 613 counts of making child pornography. While the man was initially charged with just three offenses, Gough said the gravity of his"heinous" alleged crimes emerged as police sifted further through his computer, phone and hard drive.Police believe the man filmed or took pictures of"all" his alleged crimes — and eventually catalogued more than 4,000 photos and videos of abuse.
Police said the abuse happened at 10 different childcare centers between 2007 and 2022 and exclusively targeted"prepubescent girls" — some as young as one year old. Police said they were now working with international crime agencies to find those children, without revealing which country they were targeting.
Police said the man had passed the stringent series of background checks needed to work at childcare centers in the states of Queensland and New South Wales.
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