BREAKING NEWS IN MELBOURNE TODAY: He is gone.
A Melbourne business figure who
committed a “vile” child sex crime has been spared jail, with a judge ordering the offender’s identity be kept secret for two decades.
In 2020 and 2021, the sex offender posted graphic voice messages in an online chat forum and spoke about raping and torturing toddlers and babies, the County Court of Victoria heard.
The 20-year suppression order, formalised by Judge Peter Berman on Thursday, makes it illegal for anyone to publish the man’s name, age or other details that connect him to the crime.
The man has links to prominent figures in the Victorian legal system, and continued to work as a consultant in his field of expertise while his case was before the courts
