Melbourne Academic, Chicago Teacher Face Abuse Charges

Justice Alan Boulton, a Melbourne legal academic and former senior deputy president of the Fair Work Commission, has been charged with three counts of possessing child abuse material after allegedly displaying such material during a university lecture in Melbourne's CBD on February 5. Police seized multiple electronic devices from Boulton's Middle Park home and conducted additional searches in Sydney, with the investigation into the devices ongoing. Boulton faces both Commonwealth and state charges and is scheduled to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court. Separately, in Chicago, public school teacher Jaron Woodsley was arrested for allegedly sharing and receiving child pornography via Telegram, facing a potential five to twenty years in prison. Authorities have stated the Melbourne investigation is ongoing but are not seeking further suspects. Both cases illustrate law enforcement efforts to address child abuse material in educational contexts.