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Accused Melbourne Childcare Worker Charged with More Child Rape Offences
Joshua Dale Brown now faces about 156 charges including sexual offences and bestiality, with police identifying four new alleged victims from multiple childcare centres, authorities said.
- On Thursday, Victoria Police charged Joshua Dale Brown, 27-year-old accused former childcare worker, with 83 additional alleged offences, raising his total to 156 charges in Melbourne.
- Following earlier charges, investigators found four further alleged victims placed at Nino Early Learning Adventures, Only About Children and Aussie Kindies Early Learning Centre, with some new charges related to the initial eight alleged victims.
- Court documents list six counts of penetration of a child under 12, eight counts of producing child abuse material, 23 counts of transmitting child abuse material, and 12 counts of bestiality in a separate investigation.
- Families of newly identified alleged victims have been notified and offered support, Brown remains in custody and will face Melbourne Magistrates Court next year in February.
- The case prompted a mass health response that urged about 2,000 children to undergo testing, while federal government childcare reforms including a worker register and G8 Education sped up CCTV installation at roughly 400 centres.
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Police File Extra 83 Charges Against Accused Childcare Paedophile
Victoria Police have filed 83 additional charges against a former childcare worker accused of sexually assaulting several children. Police say four newly identified alleged victims prompted the latest charges with their families notified and all being offered support. The 27-year-old now faces 156 charges of sexual assault connection to his time working at 23 centres between 2017 and 2025. Brown was arrested in May this year, and remains in cust…
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