Detectives from the Child Exploitation Operations Squad (CEO) have charged a 56-year-old man as a result of their investigation into child exploitation material (CEM) offences.
On Tuesday 27 August 2024, CEO detectives executed a search warrant at the man’s Ellenbrook home where they seized electronic devices allegedly belonging to the man.
It will be alleged a forensic triage of some of the devices seized identified child exploitation material on them.
The offences occurred whilst the man was a principal of a college within the Perth metropolitan area. At this time there is no evidence that any student of the college was depicted in the child exploitation material.
The 56-year-old man from Ellenbrook has been charged with:
• One count of Possessing Child Exploitation Material;
• One count of Fail to Obey; and
• Unlawfully Possessed a Controlled or Prescription Drug.
He is due to appear before the Midland Magistrates Court on 17 September 2024.
If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if you have information about someone being sexually abused, please contact police on 131 444, or report the information anonymously via the WA Police Safe2Say online reporting platform.
