Couple face 66 charges for allegedly drugging, molesting or recording 19 children to make child porn

Couple face 66 charges for allegedly drugging, molesting or covertly recording 19 children as young as six during sleepovers to make child porn after tip off from US cops

  • Australian detectives allegedly found a massive cache of homemade child porn
  • Hidden remote control video cameras allegedly discovered at woman’s home
  • One of the 19 children has still to be identified. Several lived with the woman
  • Others were alleged to have been invited to sleep over before being abused

A couple facing 66 child sex abuse charges allegedly lured youngsters for innocent sleepovers – then drugged, molested and recorded them for sick child abuse movies.

The man, 52, and woman, 43, are alleged to have abused 19 children, aged as young as six and up to 17, including some living with the woman near Albury in southern NSW.

Horrified Australian Federal Police detectives investigating the couple branded the case a ‘repugnant breach of trust’.

The arrests came after Australian police were tipped off by the American National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January 2020.

A couple facing 66 child sex abuse charges allegedly lured youngsters for innocent sleepovers – then drugged, molested and recorded them for sick child porn movies

They spotted child abuse material being uploaded to an Australian Facebook account, sparking an intense investigation which led to the man’s arrest in July 2020.

Child porn was allegedly found on his mobile phone and more on a flash drive hidden under his desk at the home he shared with his wife, as well as WhatsApp messages to the woman.

According to police, the messages asked the woman to supply him with child exploitation material of one of the girls living in her home.

Police immediately got a search warrant for her property and allegedly found hidden remote-control cameras and a cache of electronic storage devices.

As well as the alleged sleepover attacks, the man and woman were also alleged to have covertly recorded children in the shower and the toilet between 2017 and 2020. 

Police are still to identify one of the 19 children in the material collected. Several lived with the woman and others were allegedly invited to sleep over at the property.

On Sunday, detectives warned parents to carefully check who their children are sleeping over with and make sure they talk to them about it afterwards.

‘The best form of protection for our kids is knowing where they are, who they are engaging with online and in the real world, and knowing what really happens under someone’s roof,’ AFP Detective Sergeant Jarryd Dunbar said.

The arrests came after Australian police were tipped off by the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January 2020 after child porn was uploaded to Facebook

The arrests came after Australian police were tipped off by the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January 2020 after child porn was uploaded to Facebook

‘When children sleepover at another person’s house, we encourage parents to ask who else will be in the home, and to talk to their children about their sleepover when they come home.’ 

He added: ‘There is no one profile of a child sex offender. They are men, women and of all ages and professions. 

‘Child sexual abuse is an insidious crime and the breach of trust allegedly committed by the adults – who should be protecting them from these offences – is repugnant and concerning.’

The two accused were remanded in custody to appear at Albury Local Court on September 28 and face charges carrying a maximum of life imprisonment.

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