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Bail granted to 29-year-old Canberran woman charged with grooming boy she worked with
A Canberra woman has fronted the ACT Magistrates Court accused of grooming a boy she worked with, despite knowing their interactions were "illegal". The court heard the 29-year-old woman had said "she loved him [the boy] and she meant it" during police investigations. ACT police raided the woman's home in Canberra on Saturday May 31 after learning about the allegations, seizing the woman's phone and laptop. She was charged with seven offences including three counts of committing an act of indecency with a young person under 16, two counts of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 16, possessing child exploitation material and grooming a young person. The court heard the allegations occurred over a five-month period. Prosecutor Corinne Kennedy said police had uncovered text messages between the pair which demonstrated the woman clearly knew their relationship was wrong, including ways to keep it a secret and "away from the eyes of others". Ms Kennedy said the "strong prosecution case" showed the woman had developed a relationship with a child involving a "notable power imbalance". She argued there was a serious risk the relationship would continue if the woman was granted bail, given she allegedly pursued the relationship despite knowing it was illegal. Magistrate Ian Temby said it seemed there was an "intensity" to their interactions and acknowledged the vulnerability of the child. He also expressed concern for the boy's "capacity to protect himself" but acknowledged the boy's support network was now aware of the circumstances. Legal Aid duty lawyer Samuel Collett said the woman knew she was facing "extremely concerning" charges but argued that strict bail conditions amounting to "effective house arrest" would protect the boy and any risk of the woman interfering with evidence. The woman was granted bail on the condition that she did not leave her home without her husband. The court heard the husband was willing to support her, including going so far as to change jobs to ensure the couple could afford their rent. The woman is also barred from contacting the boy or being within 100 metres of him, spending time with children without adult supervision, and she cannot be in possession of a smartphone or a laptop. The court also heard the woman had been cooperative with police since her arrest and intends to seek support from mental health services. The woman was not required to enter a plea to the charges. Her matter will return to court on July 1, 2025.
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28-04-2025
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Canberra woman who refused to remove intimate images with ex-partner from OnlyFans avoids jail
The ACT Magistrates Court has found a woman who shared intimate images of herself and a former partner on her OnlyFans page after he withdrew consent acted out of a desire for retribution. Sexual assault support lines: The woman has been spared jail time, and instead handed a suspended sentence of five months and 12 days, after being convicted of aggravated non-consensual distribution of intimate images over several months in 2022 and 2023. Magistrate Ian Temby said the case was complicated by the victim's initial consent to share the images on the OnlyFans site after the pair made six sexually explicit videos and a number of intimate photos when they were still together. Woman posted victim's letter withdrawing consent to Instagram The victim ended the relationship in June 2022, before demanding the woman remove the photos and videos from her page and anywhere else they were published, effectively withdrawing his consent. But the woman continued to sell the videos on her OnlyFans page, saying: "I ain't getting rid of s***." "Hope you realise you fkd (sic) with the wrong b****," she said. The man's solicitor wrote to her reiterating his consent was withdrawn, that he had not been financially compensated for the profit she had received, that the material had also appeared on Instagram, to which he had not consented, and that the distribution was a criminal offence. Magistrate Temby noted the woman did not reply, but later posted the letter on her Instagram account, saying" "HERE WE FKN (sic) GOOOOO, lost your power so you gotta (sic) pull this move ha ha ha ha weakkkkk (sic)." In his ruling, Magistrate Temby took into account concerns about the woman's mental health and that the relationship was marred by family violence, saying her culpability was reduced. Previous consent does not mean victim 'could not feel harassed' Magistrate Ian Temby found the woman's responses to being asked to take down the material were partly motivated by "animosity" towards the complainant. ( ABC News: Matt Roberts ) A central issue in the case was whether the man's initial consent meant there was less reputational damage after he withdrew his consent or whether, in the view of the prosecution, the previous consent did not "mitigate the offending". Magistrate Temby agreed with the prosecution but said the fact he contented for the images to be publicly shared "does inform the nature of the harm he is likely to have suffered once he withdrew consent". "His is a different experience to someone who, for example, made an intimate video only for private use but had their partner share the video publicly," Magistrate Temby said. " However that does not mean the complainant could not feel harassed and menaced by the continued distribution of the image once he withdrew his consent. " Magistrate Temby said it was not entirely clear what motivated the woman to continue to share the images. "Sharing the images through her OnlyFans page enabled her to earn money," Magistrate Temby said. But he also noted there was no evidence about the extent of any income derived from the images. Magistrate Temby said at face value the responses to the victim asking for the material to be removed were "at least partly motivated by animosity towards the complainant and a desire for retribution". The woman will also serve a 12-month good behaviour order.
