Australian man charged with 145 child sex offences

Tuesday ,14 April, 2015

Sydney - An Australian man was charged on Monday with 145 sex offences against at least 28 children, including rape, after allegedly using social media to groom them.

Police claim the 47-year-old from Warwick, southwest of Brisbane, Queensland, used several aliases online, including Jazz, Jazzman and David Bourne to prey on children under the age of 16.

His alleged crimes, including making and distributing child pornography, were committed between 2002 to 2015, and involved victims in Australia.

Police claim he asked the children for indecent photos and then used them to extort and in some cases rape, film and photograph them.

Detective senior constable Russell Joyce told the Warwick Daily News that a complaint was made in April last year, which sparked a lengthy investigation to track down victims.