Plastic surgeon ‘ashamed’ of grooming young girls for sex
- Richard Sackelariou, a 70-year-old plastic surgeon, pleaded guilty in 2023 to grooming and paying six girls aged 13 to 15 for sex in Sydney, Newcastle, and Queensland hotel rooms.
- His offenses occurred between September 2021 and October 2022, involving online contact and offers up to $3500 for sex, leading to his arrest at his Vaucluse home in November 2022.
- During a Newcastle District Court sentencing hearing, Sackelariou admitted he never considered the harm to his victims, expressed shame, and described hearing victim statements in closed court as horrific.
- He admitted guilt to a total of 10 offences, which encompassed five instances of compelling a child aged 14 to 18 into prostitution, one offence involving the use of a carriage service to arrange sexual activity with someone under 16, and one charge related to causing a child aged 14 or older to produce abusive material.
- Following his arrest, Sackelariou's wife, who suffers liver cancer, divorced him, and he spent two-and-a-half years in custody reflecting on the psychological damage he caused.
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Perverted plastic surgeon groomed six underage girls for child prostitution
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Sydney surgeon Richard Sackelariou says he is 'ashamed' of grooming young girls for sex
Former Sydney plastic surgeon Dr Richard Paris Sackelariou has admitted to multiple child exploitation offences and expressed shame in court over the harm he caused to his victims. According to The Daily Telegraph, the 70-year-old, who worked in Sydney and Melbourne for four decades, pleaded guilty to 10 charges involving six victims aged 13 to 15, between 2021 and 2022. The offences occurred across Sydney, Newcastle and Queensland. Using platfo…
Plastic surgeon ‘ashamed’ of preying on girls for sex
A former plastic surgeon with practices in Sydney and Melbourne has told how he was ashamed of grooming young girls for sex. Richard Sackelariou, 70, paid six girls aged between 13 and 15 to join him in his hotel room in Sydney, Newcastle and Queensland. Giving evidence in his own defence during a sentence hearing in Newcastle District Court on Tuesday, Sackelariou said he was ashamed for what he had done. “I’m appalled at that person … that I c…
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