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Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Fallen TV cooking show host breaks his silence about sex charge shock - despite his lawyer telling him not to speak as he makes a furtive dash to see cops
Former Ready Steady Cook! host Peter Everett has broken his silence as he reported for bail at a police station following his shock arrest on underage sex charges. The fallen TV show star initially attempted to sneak past waiting media, opting to drive around the streets of Sydney 's eastern suburbs, only to return two hours later. But he opened up to Daily Mail Australia as he left Waverley Police Station after he was charged with child sex offences at his Toukley home on the NSW Central Coast. 'I am holding up as well as possible,' Everett, 66, told Daily Mail Australia. 'My solicitor has advised me not to speak, but I am pleading not guilty.' He was granted bail with strict conditions that include reporting twice a week. He has been charged with sexually touching a 16-year-old boy without consent and appeared in Sydney's Parramatta Local Court over the weekend. On Monday police sought an Apprehended Violence Order against Everett on behalf of a third party identified only as 'MD'. The matter will be heard at Wyong Local Court on Thursday. Mandatory interim conditions, including bans on assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating the alleged victim, remain in place. Officers from the Tuggerah Lakes Police District had begun investigating the alleged incident the day before Everett's arrest. 'Following extensive inquiries, police arrested a 66-year-old man at a home at Toukley,' a statement from NSW Police read. 'The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with sexually touching another person without consent.' Everett spent Saturday night in a cell before his bail hearing at Parramatta Local Court on Sunday. He may only return to his home to collect his belongings with a police escort, and is forbidden from contacting his alleged victim or any witnesses. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and denied any wrongdoing when approached by waiting media outside. Everett was best known for hosting the Channel 10 daytime cooking show Ready Steady Cook for five years from 2006. He was unceremoniously sacked from the show over the phone in 2011. In 2022, Everett revealed he was selling off his possessions just 'to survive' after a tough few years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Everett, who regularly appears at food festivals across the country, told 4BC Afternoons host Rob McKnight he'd 'lost his livelihood' because of the lockdowns. 'There's been a lot of sales on my behalf. I'm selling anything - not down to the garage sale yet - but I've been selling off a lot of things,' Everett said. 'It really hasn't been an easy time. It hasn't. The entertainment industry, a lot of my friends, far less fortunate than I, have had it really, really bad.' After he was dumped from the show in 2011, he said he was 'disappointed' to have been fired over the phone just before heading overseas on holiday. Rory Callaghan, the CEO of Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia), which produced the series, later defended the decision to sack Everett. Callaghan told TV Tonight: 'It was me who called him and said, 'Don't bother coming back from Bali.' It was a hard production with him so it was time to move on.' Speaking to in 2019, Everett added: '[Callaghan] was saying that I think I'm greater than the show. I think it meant I thought I was so indispensable and that they couldn't do the show without me.' In 2023, Everett unleashed on Channel 10 producers for failing to invite him back for the 2024 reboot. Everett told New Idea magazine that he was devastated and could barely sleep after learning that chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program. 'I was like a three-year-old for a couple of days, who constantly asks, 'Why, why, why?'' he said. 'They didn't approach me for some reason. Who knows why? It's a shame.'
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
Tracy Turner and Stuart Compton jailed for planning child rapes
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for planning "brutal" sex offences against children, alongside his hospital worker girlfriend. Stuart Compton, 46, has been sentenced to life in prison, while Tracy Turner, 52, will face 12 years in prison plus another two on licence. Turner, from Roath, Cardiff, who was an operating theatre assistant at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, previously admitted six charges of arranging the commission of child sex offences, and two charges of making indecent images of a Tydfil Crown Court heard the couple sent about 100,000 messages discussing the rape and abuse of three different children. Compton, of Cathays, Cardiff also previously admitted six charges of arranging the commission of child sex will serve a minimum tariff of seven years before he can apply for parole. Warning: this story contains graphic details Sentencing Compton to life in prison, Judge Tracey Lloyd Clarke told him "it is clear you were the driving force in the messages" and he "did not accept seriousness" of his Matthew Cobbe told the court there were an "extraordinary amount" of messages related to "discussing sexual depravity involving children".The court heard it took officers several weeks to go through the messages, which related to two girls and a boy under the age of 13 at the time the messages court heard that two of the children were aged eight and one was 12 when Compton and Turner began discussing Cobbe said while no contact was made with the children, the messages sent over many months showed a "clear attempt to arrange and commit sexual activities" with the children."Fantasy plainly turned into obsession," Mr Cobbe said, as Compton described in messages "graphic accounts of what he wanted to do" with individual court heard that messages showed Compton was interested in children "aged one to six".Both Compton and Turner shook their heads as graphic details of the messages they sent to each other were read Cobbe said the pair exchanged messages where they discuss the possibility of going to a festival or camping, so they could "be around" families with young children."Turner suggests a family festival, not too expensive," Mr Cobbe said. In the messages, Compton described it as a great idea, commenting he would like to go to a "hippy one, where lots of drugs consumed leaving unattended girls". "That's genius babe," Compton added. The court heard of "brutal acts" planned for the children in specific locations including a shed and a Cobbe told the court they discussed the "disposal" of a child if their attack had lead to a "fatal conclusion" with Compton saying he would take full responsibility if that prosecutor told the court "what began as fantasy became obsession and an intended goal".One plan included drugging one of the children with a sleeping pill before abusing Cobbe said it was clear Compton "wanted the plan to go ahead". None of the offences were related to Turner's hospital role although she was suspended from work after she was also admitted making and distributing images of child abuse by sending images to "like-minded people".Compton was arrested in December 2024 after a concern was raised about messages from him on a dating told police he did not have his phone with him, but Turner had given it to a pub landlord for safe keeping before asking the police what was landlord passed the phone to police and Turner was also initially denied any and Turner had also both denied a string of other conspiracy offences, including conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to kidnap. Those charges will now lie on file. 'Gut-wrenching and sickening' The parents of the children had personal impact statements read in mother said that when she heard what the messages contained, it was "gut-wrenching and sickening. I lost my appetite and was upset and sick all the time".The mother said "we stopped walking to school altogether and didn't know who we could trust", adding "we are hesitant to allow them to socialise away from us".She said the thought "of what could have happened to our child by two people with monstrous sexual intent is unfathomable".The father of another child said: "The pain they have put me and my family through is incomprehensible. It's harder than losing my mother." The mother of a third child said she was "furious", adding she was "put in a situation where I have to lie to my child to protect her from the truth". "In time I hope my internal horror will diminish," she added. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, there is support available through BBC Action Line.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Fresh legal blow for axed Ready Steady Cook host - after he was hit by bombshell child sex charges
Police have applied for a restraining order against fallen former Ready Steady Cook host Peter Everett after he was charged with child sex offences. The 66-year-old was charged with sexually touching a 16-year-old boy without consent and appeared in Sydney 's Parramatta Local Court over the weekend. Now police are seeking an Apprehended Violence Order against Everett on behalf of a third party identified only as 'MD'. The matter will be heard at Wyong Local Court on the NSW Central Coast on Thursday. Mandatory interim conditions, including bans on assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating the alleged victim, remain in place. The Australian TV host was arrested at a Central Coast home in Toukley on Saturday. Officers from the Tuggerah Lakes Police District began investigating the alleged incident the day before Everett's arrest. 'Following extensive inquiries, police arrested a 66-year-old man at a home at Toukley,' a statement from NSW Police read. The Australian TV host was arrested at a home in Toukley on the NSW Central Coast on Saturday 'The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with sexually touching another person without consent.' Everett spent Saturday night in a cell before his bail hearing at Parramatta Local Court on Sunday. He was granted bail with strict conditions that include reporting twice a week to Waverley Police Station in Sydney's eastern suburbs. He may only return to his home to collect his belongings with a police escort, and is forbidden from contacting his alleged victim or any witnesses. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and denied any wrongdoing when approached by waiting media outside. Everett was best known for hosting the Channel 10 daytime cooking show Ready Steady Cook for five years from 2006. He was unceremoniously sacked from the show over the phone in 2011. In 2022, Everett revealed he was selling off his possessions just 'to survive' after a tough few years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Everett, who regularly appears at food festivals across the country, told 4BC Afternoons host Rob McKnight he'd 'lost his livelihood' because of the lockdowns. 'There's been a lot of sales on my behalf. I'm selling anything - not down to the garage sale yet - but I've been selling off a lot of things,' Everett said. 'It really hasn't been an easy time. It hasn't. The entertainment industry, a lot of my friends, far less fortunate than I, have had it really, really bad.' After he was dumped from the show in 2011, he said he was 'disappointed' to have been fired over the phone just before heading overseas on holiday. Rory Callaghan, the CEO of Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia), which produced the series, later defended the decision to sack Everett. Callaghan told TV Tonight: 'It was me who called him and said, "Don't bother coming back from Bali." It was a hard production with him so it was time to move on.' Speaking to in 2019, Everett added: '[Callaghan] was saying that I think I'm greater than the show. I think it meant I thought I was so indispensable and that they couldn't do the show without me.' In 2023, Everett unleashed on Channel 10 producers for failing to invite him back for the 2024 reboot. Everett told New Idea magazine that he was devastated and could barely sleep after learning that chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program. 'I was like a three-year-old for a couple of days, who constantly asks, "Why, why, why?", he said. 'They didn't approach me for some reason. Who knows why? It's a shame.'
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
The touching family album snaps that reveal how accused childcare monster grew up in the embrace of a loving home - which is now reeling at the growing list of charges against him
A man accused of sickening child sex offences in daycare centres was the product of a loving home and family. It can be revealed Joshua Dale Brown, 26, grew up with his parents Doug and Tracey and a younger sister whom Daily Mail Australia has chosen not to name. Doug Brown, 56, nicknamed Dinosaur, is a respected member of Victoria's baseball community, where he continues to coach children at a club in Melbourne's western suburbs. Several officials from the Sunshine Baseball Club were contacted by Daily Mail Australia on Friday, but no responses to a series of questions were provided. On Tuesday, Joshua Brown again fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court where details of 73 child sex offences were made public. Charge sheets released to the media showed police allege Brown is accused of committing 18 offences on a single day while working at a Point Cook centre, in Melbourne 's west. The charges linked to that day include multiple counts of sexually touching an unknown child aged under 16, engaging in a sexual activity in the presence of an unknown child under the age of 16, and the production and transmission of child abuse material. Among the most shocking allegations is that, on December 2, 2022, the former childcare worker contaminated food with bodily fluids. It is this alleged crime that sparked a massive public health warning, with the parents of 2,000 children urged by authorities to have them tested for infectious diseases after Joshua Brown's alleged offending was revealed on July 1. It can be revealed that the alleged sex offender's family continues to live in the family home in Point Cook where he grew up. On Friday, his younger sister was seen leaving the home just after dawn. While Daily Mail Australia attempted to make contact with the Brown family, no one answered the door and a calling card was ignored. The Brown family's social media pages indicate Joshua Brown had been a loved and treasured member of the family. Images show a young Joshua Brown, before the distinct arm tattoos he now bears, at family events. In one, he appears to be enjoying a camping adventure with his father and friends. In another, he poses alongside his sister and a group of girls. Another shows Joshua Brown in the arms of his mum alongside his sister. It is understood Joshua Brown did not share a love of baseball in the same way as his father and younger sister still do. Mr Brown is local baseball legend after he started playing the sport at the age of six and continued on for 39 years before retiring in 2014. He made a name for himself at Footscray before moving to Sunshine in the 1990s. A player profile indicated his preferred fielding positions were third base and catcher. He also represented Australia in the Provincial League. He was named one of the club's top 21 players of all time in 2013. Mr Brown continues to be an active member of the club where he has played a leading role in coaching junior teams. Joshua Brown's mother was previously outed as a prison guard who became involved in a tragic death in custody case. Images captured of her in 2022 showed her alongside Doug and her daughter. The image was captioned by their daughter: 'I'm their favourite'. In 2022, in an unrelated case, Ms Brown appeared at an inquest into the death of Veronica Nelson, 37, an Indigenous woman who died in her cell at Melbourne's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in January 2020. Ms Brown was the last person to speak to Ms Nelson, and the inquest heard she lied to the inmate 'multiple times' about medical help coming to help her. The inquest said Ms Nelson's death was preventable, but an autopsy found her cause of death was attributable to Wilkie's Syndrome in the context of opiate withdrawal. It made no findings againt Ms Brown. In an interesting twist, Ms Brown had been grilled during that inquest by top Melbourne barrister Rishi Nathwani, KC, who acted for Aunty Donna Nelson at the time. On Tuesday, Mr Nathwani was now acting for Joshua Brown, arguing that his client's charge sheets be withheld from the media. During that hearing, Mr Nathwani revealed the case against Joshua Brown remained very much 'in flux'. An affidavit supplied by detectives to the court said the investigation was incomplete and needed more time to compile the final brief of evidence against Brown. 'Your honour has had the benefit of the affidavit which indicates that the police are working very hard,' Mr Nathwani said. Brown's co-accused, Michael Simon Wilson, 36, faces 45 charges ranging from rape to possession of child abuse material, transmission and production, as well as 'sexually penetrating an animal, namely a dog'. Doug Brown was named a junior coach in April The relationship between Wilson, who is not a childcare worker, and Brown remains unclear. Charge sheets indicated both men are facing charges that were allegedly committed on the same dates, including on April 28, 2022, when Brown allegedly committed multiple counts of producing child abuse material, and Wilson allegedly committed multiple counts of possessing and accessing child abuse material. Both men will reappear in court on separate dates, with Brown not due back until February next year.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Inside Ghislaine Maxwell's secret meeting with Trump's DOJ: Cuffed so tight her wrists were BLEEDING, she started to talk
It's the strange little details that give it away – the haste, the lack of planning and, dare I say it, the sheer incompetence behind the scenes when it comes to this week's meeting between President Trump's deputy Attorney General and Ghislaine Maxwell. I can disclose, for example, that the interview with Maxwell, one of the most high profile felons in the American penal system, was originally scheduled to take place inside the tough Florida jail where she is serving her 20-year sentence for child sex offences.
