‘I am deeply sorry’: Craig Silvey pens 9,000-word apology for child porn offences
The young adult novelist was sentenced on Monday to seven months’ imprisonment, after being charged in January and subsequently pleading guilty to…
The young adult novelist was sentenced on Monday to seven months’ imprisonment, after being charged in January and subsequently pleading guilty to distributing and possessing depraved child exploitation material, The Guardian reported.
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