Craig Silvey pens 9,000-word apology for child exploitation material offences

The children’s author claims he experienced trauma in childhood as he begins seven-month sentence for possessing depraved material Warning: This article contains graphic content Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The disgraced best-selling author Craig Silvey has claimed he experienced trauma as a child in a 9,000-word apology published after he was jailed for child exploitation offences. 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. Continue reading...

澳大利亞暢銷書作家克雷格·西爾維因傳播和持有兒童性剝削材料被判七個月監禁，隨後發表9000字長文道歉。他在文中承認罪行並稱自己童年有創傷、犯罪前經歷心理健康危機，但文中引用的聊天記錄與這一說法形成對照。