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‘This doesn’t happen to us’: Family’s horror after Sydney day care abuser unmasked
Walking to his young son’s bedroom to check his clothes against footage of a day care worker’s abuse, Tom* had one thought: “This doesn’t happen to us.”
“It’s almost overwhelmingly upsetting to the point when you almost block it out of your mind,” Tom said.
“There was a strong desire to believe that whatever happened, it was not a big deal.”
Tom shared his story with the Herald as police revealed how they caught his child’s abuser, Sydney day care worker David William James. The 27-year-old was sentenced on Thursday to 12 years’ prison with a non-parole period of seven years for sexual offences relating to nine children.
Ex-Sydney childcare worker jailed for 'disturbing and depraved' child abuse
David James, a former childcare worker and failed police officer, will spend up to 12 years in prison. (Supplied: NSW District Court)
David William James has been sentenced to 12 years' jail for creating and possessing child abuse material at out-of-school centres in Sydney.
The 27-year-old pleaded guilty to 11 charges related to offending that occurred at six locations as far back as 2018.
James will be eligible for parole in October 2031 after counting time already served.
A disgraced Sydney childcare worker and failed police officer will spend up to 12 years in prison for creating and possessing child abuse material at out-of-school hours care centres.
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‘Egregious’ childcare worker jailed for filming kids
A childcare worker who captured explicit images of children younger than 10 will remain in prison until at least 2031.
David William James was sentenced at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to 11 charges related to the production and possession of child abuse material.
The 28-year-old committed the crimes against children as young as five years old at six out-of-school centres across Sydney between April 2021 and May 2024.
In a lengthy sentencing, Judge Guy Newton said the offending was disturbing and depraved.
“In each case he was the child’s carer … the offender abused both a position of trust and authority,” he told the court.
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