Australian author Craig Silvey charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material

Prominent Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material. Silvey, 43, had a search warrant issued at his Fremantle home on Monday, 12 January, where detectives allegedly found him “actively engaging with other child exploitation offenders online”. “He was immediately arrested, and his electronic devices were seized,” a Western Australia police spokesperson said. He appeared before the Fremantle magistrates court on Tuesday, 13 January, charged with distribution of child exploitation material and possession of child exploitation material. No pleas were entered and Silvey was granted bail with conditions, and a $100,000 personal undertaking and

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