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Popular Australian author pleads guilty over child exploitation
Filed: May 05, 2026 at 2:04 PM ET
Summary: An Australian author pleaded guilty to child exploitation material after being arrested in a January police raid at his Perth home.
WHO: The Jasper Jones and Runt author
WHAT: Pleading guilty over child exploitation material
WHEN: May 05, 2026 at 1:28 AM ET
WHERE: Perth, Australia
WHY: The plea was made in connection with the child exploitation material investigation.
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