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Former footy star Brett Finch charged with sharing child abuse material
Former NRL grand final winner Brett Finch has been charged by police with sharing child abuse material, one of eight arrested by detectives.
Josh Hanrahan and Dean Ritchie
Embattled former NRL star Brett Finch has been arrested for allegedly sharing child abuse material on his mobile phone.
Finch, 40, was arrested on Tuesday morning and taken to Kogarah Police Station where he was charged with five counts of use carriage service transmit or publish or promote child abuse.
He was granted conditional police bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday 11 January 2021.
Finch was one of eight men arrested as part of the Strike Force Hank investigation by the NSW Police Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
Brett Finch in his playing days for the Parramatta Eels.
Police sources say Finch’s alleged offending took place in an online chat room. Picture: Getty Images
The strike force seized mobile phones, electronic items and illicit drugs, as part of their ongoing investigation into the alleged transmission of child abuse material through an adult telephone service.
“We will allege that each of the men arrested by detectives over the past month expressed desires to engage in sexual activity with children, and in some cases, attempted to access child abuse material from other users of the service,” Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty said.
“Producing, disseminating or possessing child abuse material are serious offences, and detectives will continue to dismantle these types of operations, so children are free from harmful situations, exploitation and abuse.”
Police sources said it would be alleged Finch had been accessing an online chat room in which they will claim the offending occurred.
Investigators looking into the chat rooms allegedly traced the electronic devices behind those accessing them to Finch and seven others.
Former NRL grand final winner Brett Finch has been charged by police with sharing child abuse material, one of eight arrested by detectives.
Josh Hanrahan and Dean Ritchie
Embattled former NRL star Brett Finch has been arrested for allegedly sharing child abuse material on his mobile phone.
Finch, 40, was arrested on Tuesday morning and taken to Kogarah Police Station where he was charged with five counts of use carriage service transmit or publish or promote child abuse.
He was granted conditional police bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday 11 January 2021.
Finch was one of eight men arrested as part of the Strike Force Hank investigation by the NSW Police Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
Brett Finch in his playing days for the Parramatta Eels.
Police sources say Finch’s alleged offending took place in an online chat room. Picture: Getty Images
The strike force seized mobile phones, electronic items and illicit drugs, as part of their ongoing investigation into the alleged transmission of child abuse material through an adult telephone service.
“We will allege that each of the men arrested by detectives over the past month expressed desires to engage in sexual activity with children, and in some cases, attempted to access child abuse material from other users of the service,” Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty said.
“Producing, disseminating or possessing child abuse material are serious offences, and detectives will continue to dismantle these types of operations, so children are free from harmful situations, exploitation and abuse.”
Police sources said it would be alleged Finch had been accessing an online chat room in which they will claim the offending occurred.
Investigators looking into the chat rooms allegedly traced the electronic devices behind those accessing them to Finch and seven others.
