Newcastle man becomes the 15th arrested and charged over alleged child sex offender network

Simon McCarthy
Updated November 29 2020 - 10:34am, first published November 28 2020 - 12:02pm
Australian Federal Police arrest a 54-year-old man at New Lambton Heights on Friday. Picture: AFP
Australian Federal Police arrest a 54-year-old man at New Lambton Heights on Friday. Picture: AFP

Australian Federal Police swooped on a New Lambton Heights property Friday, where they arrested and later charged a man with numerous child abuse material offences, and one bestiality charge.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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