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Former Monash lecturer pleads guilty to possessing child abuse material

Alan Boulton was charged after allegedly inadvertently showing child abuse images to university students in February this year.

Former Monash lecturer pleads guilty to possessing child abuse material

Former university lecturer Alan Boulton, 76, has pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing child abuse material. The charges were laid by police following an incident in February 2025 at Monash University's law chambers in Melbourne's CBD. During a lecture, inappropriate images were accidentally shown. Boulton, who was previously a senior deputy director of the Fair Work Commission, will next appear in the County Court on March 5.

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