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A former childcare worker has pleaded guilty to more than 300 child sex offences, including 28 charges of rape, as well as ongoing sexual abuse and making child exploitation material. Ashley Paul Griffith faced Brisbane District Court on Monday for arraignment and replied “guilty” when each charge was read to Judge Anthony Rafter amid a courtroom overflowing with victims’ families and police detectives.
Crown prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher on Monday did not proceed with a further 13 charges of indecent treatment of a child under 12. Griffith pleaded guilty to 190 counts of indecent treatment of children aged under 12 while a carer, 67 counts of taking indecent photos and videos of children, and 15 counts of repeated sexual abuse of a child. He also admitted to multiple counts of possessing child exploitation material and distributing the material outside of Australia to locations in Italy.
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