WARNING: This text comprises particulars of abuse.
A former child-care employee in Australia is going through 1,623 costs of kid abuse offences towards 91 youngsters, police in Brisbane mentioned Tuesday.
The fees embrace 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual activity with a toddler underneath 10 years previous. All the alleged victims are women.
The 45-year-old man from the Gold Coast charged within the case has not but been named.
In response to Australian Federal Police, the alleged victims attended 10 child-care centres in Brisbane between 2007 and 2013, and from 2018 to 2022; an abroad location in 2013 and 2014; and a centre in Sydney between 2014 and 2017.
The person was arrested a 12 months in the past and is in custody within the state of Queensland, nevertheless it’s taken this lengthy for police to determine alleged victims.
The person allegedly filmed all his assaults on the pre-pubescent women.
“Given there have been so many alleged pictures and movies of kids recorded over 15 years on the alleged offender’s gadgets, the method of identification took time, talent and dedication,” Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Justine Gough mentioned in a police assertion.
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The movies are one thing even veteran cops, similar to Michael Fitzgerald, the assistant commissioner of New South Wales state police, have discovered tough to look at.
“It is past the realms of anybody’s creativeness what this individual did to those youngsters,” Fitzgerald mentioned. “I can solely say that you just attempt to not be shocked after an extended time frame within the police and crime reporting, however this can be a horrific, horrific case.”
The victims of the alleged abuse included 87 Australian youngsters. A few of them are actually adults. Police say all these victims have now been recognized and their households contacted.
The opposite 4 victims are from abroad and police are nonetheless working to determine them, Australian Federal Police mentioned.
Assist is obtainable for anybody who has been sexually assaulted. You’ll be able to entry disaster traces and native help companies by way of this Government of Canada website or the Ending Violence Association of Canada database. In the event you’re in instant hazard or worry in your security or that of others round you, please name 911.