Ex-staffer to Gladys Berejiklian pleads guilty to child sex offences
former political staffer to Gladys Berejiklian has pleaded guilty to a number of historic child sex offences, together with aggravated indecent assault.
The accused will face the NSW District Court in July the place judgment will probably be handed down over the offences.
Guilty pleas had been entered over six offences in April this yr, after the staffer was arrested in 2020 and subsequently granted bail.
A suppression order over the whole case was lifted on Friday; nonetheless, the previous staffer was underage on the time and may by no means be recognized.
Any publication of the victims’ names with out their consent can be a breach of orders.
The accused’s lawyer had argued he may be recognized via references to his former political function, however Judge John Pickering questioned this at a listening to final week.
“There must be literally hundreds of people who have worked as a staffer for the Premier of NSW,” Pickering mentioned.
“The media generally can still report on matters in the Children’s Court, which effectively this is for the purposes of publication.”
Among the offences to which the previous staffer pleaded guilty had been aggravated indecency of a sufferer underneath the age of 16 and aggravated indecent assault of a sufferer underneath the authority of the offender.
The case is ready down for judgment on July 12.
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