AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By court reporter James Hancock
Updated Thu 8 May 2014
It can now be reported a convicted paedophile whose crime sparked a royal commission in South Australia into handling of school sex abuse cases has been convicted of more sex offences against young girls.
Mark Christopher Harvey, 43, went on trial this year for sexually exploiting four girls when he was the director of an out-of-school-hours care program in Adelaide’s north-western suburbs.
The court heard Harvey regularly removed the girls’ socks, gently bit their toes, touched their chests and exposed himself.
A judge found him guilty of charges last month but the outcome of the trial could not be reported until a publication ban was lifted today.
Submissions on Harvey’s sentence will be heard next month.
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