Australian author Craig Silvey pleads guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material
Summary
Australian author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and sharing child exploitation material. Charges that he created such material were dropped, and he is scheduled for sentencing in July.Key Facts
- Craig Silvey is a 43-year-old award-winning Australian author.
- Police charged him in January after searching his home in Fremantle, Western Australia.
- He was accused of communicating online with offenders involved with child exploitation.
- Additional charges of producing child exploitation material were later dropped.
- Silvey pled guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material.
- His well-known books include Jasper Jones, Rhubarb, Honeybee, and Runt.
- Publishers stopped promoting his books and removed them from reading lists after the charges.
- Silvey’s next court date for sentencing is July 3 in the district court.
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