Ashley Paul Griffith was arraigned on more than 300 charges in the District Court in Brisbane today.
A former Queensland childcare worker has pleaded guilty to raping, sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of pre-pubescent girls under his care.Several victims and their families were in court, with some parents crying as the names of their children were read out.
The then 45-year-old from the Gold Coast was arrested in August 2022 by federal police and charged with multiple Commonwealth child exploitation material offences. Earlier this year, an indictment was presented to the District Court with a heavily reduced number of charges. They include 190 counts of indecent treatment, 28 counts of rape, 67 counts of making child exploitation material, four counts of producing child abuse material outside of Australia, 15 counts of repeated sexual conduct with a child and more.
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