一名前悉尼警察承认虐待受照料的儿童,并通知1 200户家庭。 A former Sydney cop pleads guilty to abusing children in care, with 1,200 families notified.

前悉尼警官David William James(27岁)对11项指控认罪,这些指控涉及在2021年4月至2024年5月在儿童保育中心工作时,在10岁以下儿童(包括一名4岁儿童)面前制作和持有虐待儿童材料并进行性行为。 A former Sydney police officer, David William James, 27, has pleaded guilty to 11 charges involving the production and possession of child abuse material and performing sexual acts in front of children under 10, including a four-year-old, while working at childcare centers from April 2021 to May 2024. 2024年6月, 联邦警方在黑网上发现有关材料, 并追踪到詹姆斯, 詹姆斯于2023年5月在缓刑失败后辞职。 The offenses came to light in June 2024 after federal police found the material on the dark web and traced it to James, who had resigned from the force in May 2023 after failing probation. 他在包括精英学校在内的近60个中心临时工作,这是新南威尔士州警方所不知道的事实。 He had worked casually at nearly 60 centers, including elite schools, a fact unknown to NSW Police. 约1 200个家庭接到通知。 About 1,200 families were notified. 检察官在认罪后撤销了20项额外指控。 Prosecutors dropped 20 additional charges after his pleas. James定于2025年1月30日被判刑, 越来越多的人要求建立全国儿童保育工作者登记册, 并实时通知接受调查的工作人员。 James is set to be sentenced on January 30, 2025, amid growing calls for a national childcare worker register and real-time alerts for staff under investigation. 受害人可获得支助服务。 Support services are available for victims.