AUSTRALIA
The Australian
January 25, 2021
By Caroline Schelle
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/former-catholic-ladies-college-eltham-teacher-matthew-saada-accused-of-possessing-child-porn/news-story/3c87f93a22559ab3ffb9afe53c9b655f
A Melbourne teacher was allegedly caught with explicit images of young girls when he handed in his work laptop to the school’s IT department.
Maths teacher Matthew Saada will go to trial charged with eight offences including knowingly possess child abuse material and accessing child pornography using a carriage service dating between January 2016 and October 2017.
The 33-year-old was working at Catholic Ladies College at Eltham in the city’s north at the time and is fighting the charges at a committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
“Not guilty, your honour,” Mr Saada told magistrate Johanna Metcalf on Monday when asked to enter a plea.
School IT worker Andrew Roberts was quizzed about how he uncovered the images which led to the charges.
He was planning to wipe the laptop for the school to sell to a computer recycling company when he found the images, the court was told.
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