Award‑winning Australian children’s author Craig Silvey jailed over child exploitation material
Also reported by BBC World
Summary
Australian author Craig Silvey was sentenced to seven months in jail after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child exploitation material. A judge described the offending as very serious and disturbing; two additional charges were dropped in May.Key Facts
- Silvey, 44, was sentenced on Monday in Western Australia.
- He pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing and possessing child exploitation material.
- Police found category one images and videos on his laptop and mobile phone during a raid at his Fremantle home.
- Court evidence included online messages in which Silvey discussed sexual interest in young boys.
- Judge Hayley Cormann said the offending involved children and was destructive and devastating.
- Two charges of producing and possessing further child exploitation material were dropped in May.
- Silvey wrote Jasper Jones, which was adapted into a film and stage productions.
- Publishers Allen & Unwin and Fremantle Press stopped promoting his books after he was charged.
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