{"id":126081,"date":"2024-09-02T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/one-of-australias-most-prolific-paedophiles-pleads-guilty-to-over-300-offences\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:46:08","slug":"one-of-australias-most-prolific-paedophiles-pleads-guilty-to-over-300-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/one-of-australias-most-prolific-paedophiles-pleads-guilty-to-over-300-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Australia&#8217;s most prolific paedophiles pleads guilty to over 300 offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/23\/10\/1920x1080\/skynews-perth-paedophile-ashley-paul-griffith_6308138.jpg?20231003230642&amp;resize=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"One of Australia&#8217;s most prolific paedophiles pleads guilty to over 300 offences\" title=\"One of Australia&#8217;s most prolific paedophiles pleads guilty to over 300 offences\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A former childcare worker accused of being one of Australia&#8217;s most prolific ever paedophiles has pleaded guilty to raping, sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of girls.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Paul Griffith, 46, from the Gold Coast, faced 307 charges at a court in Brisbane on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Several victims and their families had gathered at the court for the hearing, according to broadcaster ABC.<\/p>\n<p>It took Judge Anthony Rafter more than two hours to read out all the charges, which are related to around 60 children.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the victims were under the age of 12 and were in Griffith&#8217;s care.<\/p>\n<p>Police accused Griffith of being one of the country&#8217;s worst ever paedophiles after the charges against him were made public last year.<\/p>\n<p>Griffith was first arrested in 2022 for making child sexual abuse content.<\/p>\n<p>A year later <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/man-accused-of-being-australias-most-prolific-paedophile-named-as-former-childcare-worker-12976305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was charged with 1,623 offences<\/a><\/strong> against 91 children.<\/p>\n<p>However, some charges were dropped and ABC reported Monday&#8217;s charges related to around 60 children.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more on Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/after-30c-start-to-september-the-rest-of-the-month-could-see-rain-wind-and-thunderstorms-13208246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After 30C start, what does September have in store?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/paris-2024-record-breaking-gold-medal-haul-for-paralympicsgb-13208202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Record-breaking gold medal haul for ParalympicsGB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The offences happened between 2003 and 2022 in 12 different locations across Australia as well as in Pisa, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Griffith is in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard sentencing could take more than two days to give time to read victim impact statements, ABC reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/one-of-australias-worst-paedophiles-pleads-guilty-to-over-300-offences-13208380\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former childcare worker accused of being one of Australia&#8217;s most prolific ever paedophiles has pleaded guilty to raping, sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of girls. Ashley Paul Griffith, 46, from the Gold Coast, faced 307 charges at a court in Brisbane on Monday. 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