AUSTRALIA
WA Today
October 17, 2012
Rania Spooner
Court and crime reporter
The wife of a chaplain accused of collecting child pornography while working at an elite girls’ school has taken to the stand in defence of her husband.
Karina O’Meara described her husband Matthew O’Meara, 42, as an “honest”, “dignified” and “respected” man who preferred to avoid conflict, speaking at his Perth District Court trial today.
Mr O’Meara has pleaded not guilty to four counts of possessing child pornography in relation to two portable thumb drives discovered at Perth College in August 2010.
The father-of-two was linked to one device – found on a neighbouring teacher’s desk – when scanned copies of his electoral roll forms were found inside one of its folders – next to thousands of images of illicit material, the court has heard.
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