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Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS ABC personality charged with 40 child abuse and assault offences spanning over three decades
A veteran ABC cameraman has been charged with over 40 child abuse and assault charges spanning over three decades. Trevor James Scroop, from South Australia, who also did a stint with the Department for Child Protection, was arrested and thrown behind bars in March 2023. The 65-year-old allegedly abused multiple children over a 34-year period between 1989 and 2023, The Advertiser reports. He was still employed at the ABC when his alleged offending started. A suppression order about the details of the alleged offending was revoked in a District Court on Wednesday following a request from prosecutors. Scroop, from Hillcrest in Adelaide 's southeast, has pleaded not guilty to a multitude of child abuse and offence charges. The court previously heard Scroop had worked with Indigenous children in the Northern Territory in his role with the Department for Child Protection. He has been charged with 12 counts of sexual abuse of a child, eight counts of indecent assault, three counts of aggravated indecent assault, one count of gross indecency, six counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, four counts of assault and two counts of aggravated assault. Scroop is further charged with one count of attempted aggravated inciting or procuring a child to commit an indecent act, one count of aggravated inciting or procuring a child to commit an indecent act, one count of aggravated compelled sexual manipulation, one count of aggravated procuring a child for sexual activity, one count of attempted indecent assault, and three counts of possessing child exploitation material.
ABC News
3 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Trevor Scroop faces court over multiple child sex abuse offences
A man who worked closely with South Australia's Department for Child Protection to house First Nations children has pleaded not guilty to more than 40 charges of sexual offending against minors. The court previously heard Trevor James Scroop, a former ABC employee, had access to more than 100 mostly Aboriginal children under an arrangement with SA's Department for Child Protection. The court previously heard that the 65-year-old had a formal arrangement with the department to care and house young Aboriginal boys from communities in the Northern Territory, at his Adelaide home so they could attend school. The matter has been before the court for more than 18 months but the details of the allegations can now be revealed for the first time, after the District Court removed a suppression order. Mr Scroop was arraigned in the District Court on Wednesday.
