All entries on Feminist Legal Clinic’s News Digest Blog are extracts from news articles and other publications, with the source available at the link at the bottom. The content is not originally generated by Feminist Legal Clinic and does not necessarily reflect our views.
A former NSW police officer accused of being involved in an alleged international satanic child abuse material ring has been suspended form his current NSW Government job.
News.com.au revealed Ex-Sergeant David Turner was arrested on Thursday morning following a search warrant at an address in Sydney Olympic Park.
He is facing charges of use carriage etc to access child abuse material, use carriage service make available child abuse, person possesses bestiality material and two counts of possess prohibited drug. He remains behind bars awaiting his next court appearance.
In 2022 Turner received a Rotary Police Officer of the Year award for “outstanding contributions to the NSWPF Radio Network”.
The ring allegedly shared “devastating” videos of children aged from infancy to 12 years old being sexually abused online, police have alleged.
Four Sydney men were previously charged over their alleged involvement, with police alleging they possessed, distributed, and facilitated child abuse material via a website.
“These (videos) were particularly devastating and they allegedly used symbols and rituals around it in the discussions that they were having about abusing children,” NSW Sex Crime Squad Commander Jane Doherty previously told reporters.