Paedophile approved for transfer to face NSW charges

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 03:32 · Archive

Ashley Paul Griffith, 48, has been approved to transfer from Queensland to face 180 additional child sexual offence charges in NSW.

A Brisbane Magistrates Court approved the transfer of Ashley Paul Griffith, 48, to New South Wales on Tuesday to face 180 additional child sexual offence charges. Griffith was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 27 years in Queensland in November 2024 after pleading guilty to 307 child sexual offences. He is alleged to have committed the NSW charges against 23 girls at a childcare centre in Sydney between 2014 and 2017.

Magistrate Belinda Merrin granted the application, which had been filed on behalf of NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley on 13 July. An earlier application by Queensland Attorney-General Deb Frecklington on 26 June to fast-track the transfer had been unsuccessful. Griffith's barrister did not oppose the application. Ms Merrin did not specify a date for the transfer.

Over two decades in Queensland, Griffith filmed all but one of his victims and shared the material online. When detectives raided his Gold Coast home in 2022, they seized more than 4,000 child abuse images and videos. An appeal against the severity of his Queensland sentence was dismissed in June, clearing the path for the interstate transfer.

How it is being reported

• 'Rot! Burn!' Outbursts in court as pedophile extraditedAbuse has been hurled at one of Australia's most notorious former childcare workers as the pedophile's interstate transfer to answer more charges was approved.Perth Now · 13 Oct, 03:00
• 'Rot! Burn!' Outbursts in court as pedophile extraditedAbuse has been hurled at one of Australia's most notorious former childcare workers as the pedophile's interstate transfer to answer more charges was approved.The West Australian · 13 Oct, 02:59

In this story: Ashley Paul Griffith · Queensland · New South Wales · Brisbane Magistrates Court · Belinda Merrin · Michael Daley · Deb Frecklington · Sydney

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