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...
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