Ex Scout leader on 129 child abuse charges

A former Scout leader will front a Queensland court on 129 charges, including indecently dealing with children and sharing child pornography.

A former Queensland Scout leader is facing almost 130 child exploitation charges, including indecently dealing with children and sharing child pornography.

Police on Wednesday laid an additional 103 charges against the 31-year-old, who was already accused of 26 crimes stemming from a raid on his West Ipswich property in April.

Authorities have spent months trawling through camera footage and other material seized from his home, and say they've uncovered evidence for 103 new charges, including four counts of indecent treatment of a child.

The fresh charges also include one count of aggravated networking, and 98 counts of using a carriage service to share child pornography material.

The original 26 charges included three counts of indecent treatment of a child, 14 counts of making child exploitation material, and others relating to possession of child pornography and the use of the internet to access it.

The man is due to face the Ipswich Magistrates Court on all 129 charges on Wednesday.

Police and the Crime and Corruption Commission say the investigation is ongoing and declined to comment further.


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