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A former Canberra childcare worker has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for indecently touching a young boy in his care. A supreme court judge found the man showed no remorse for his offending and had few positive prospects for rehabilitation.
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11/23/2023
A former Canberra childcare worker has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for indecently touching a young boy in his care. A supreme court judge found the man showed no remorse for his offending and had few positive prospects for rehabilitation.
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A four-year-old boy speaking up sent former childcare worker Muhammad Ali to prison.
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The 30-year-old was sentenced to 18 months behind bars after a jury convicted him for
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pinching the boy's genitals while in his care last year.
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The ACT Supreme Court heard it happened in a CCTV blind spot at the childcare centre
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where Ali was casually employed.
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"Ali pinched me on the doodle," the boy said in a police interview at the time, later telling
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the court it made him feel "scared and sad and hurt" and he sometimes found he couldn't
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breathe.
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The boy's mother also told the court she now found herself constantly searching other parents
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and children for indicators of abuse.
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She told reporters after the sentencing that she had to put a stop to the man's offending.
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"Knowing that if I didn't do anything that this man would still be working in childcare."
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Justice Belinda Baker said Ali had exploited the boy's acute vulnerability and committed
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a gross breach of trust.
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"Sexual offending against our children causes deep harm," she told the court.
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The court heard Ali had shown no remorse and had not accepted responsibility for his offending.
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He was also assessed last week as having an average risk of general re-offending but an
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above average risk of sexual re-offending.
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He'll be eligible for parole in 12 months.
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