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A 61-year-old Latham man has been charged with an additional seven offences relating to child abuse material and sexual offending allegedly committed against a child.
The man was charged in October last year (2025) after he allegedly groomed a teenage boy over two years.
Following further enquiries, investigators from the ACT Policing’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse team have laid an additional seven charges in relation to the same victim.
These charges include three counts of using a carriage service for child abuse material, two counts of act of indecency young person under special care, using carriage service to offend and possessing child abuse material and were laid during a mention in the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday, 16 June 2026).
If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, you can report to police by attending a police station or calling 131444.
You can also submit an online report for historical sexual assault for incidents that occurred more than six months ago.
Anyone with information regarding the accessing or creation of child abuse material is urged to contact crime stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Information can be provided anonymously.
Note to media: use of term ‘child abuse material’, not ‘child pornography’
Use of the phrase “child pornography” benefits child sex abusers because it:
Indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and conjures images of children posing in ‘provocative’ positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Each photograph captures an actual situation where a child has been abused. This is not ‘pornography”.