ABC Hobart breakfast presenter on child porn charges

10 June 2010 · News

ABC radio’s Hobart breakfast presenter Andy Muirhead has been charged with accessing child pornography and has been stood down from his local radio program and as host of The Collectors program he hosts on ABC TV.

Australian Federal Police have confirmed computer equipment was seized from the 34-year-old’s home in Hobart during a search on Tuesday. Muirhead has been charged with one count of using the internet to access child pornography.

The ABC was notified late yesterday by Muirhead’s management that he had been charged with a serious offence.

ABC Corporate Affairs says Muirhead has taken unpaid leave. He will will appear in Hobart Magistrates Court on August 2 to face the charges.

 

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