00:02Just like his previous appearances at Fremantle Magistrates Court, Craig Sylvie arrived alone with nothing to say.
00:08Mr Sylvie, are you going to plead today?
00:10Inside, he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of child exploitation material and a charge of distributing child exploitation
00:18material.
00:18The charges involve images.
00:20Sylvie was one of Australia's most celebrated authors, but his reputation is now in ruins.
00:25His award-winning books were quickly removed from shop shelves after he was charged in January.
00:31WA's Education Minister ordered public schools to stop using his books as teaching texts.
00:37Sylvie had also been charged with producing child exploitation material, however that charge was dropped.
00:43The prosecution also discontinued a second possession charge.
00:46Sylvie is scheduled to appear in the District Court in July, ahead of sentencing.
00:51Once lauded for his words, the author left court without any.
00:54Was it images or recent material?
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