An esteemed Perth cancer doctor has pleaded guilty to possessing and producing child exploitation material.
Dr Peter Charles Swift, 68, was arrested last month after police conducted a search of his multimillion-dollar Dalkeith property.
He was initially charged with two counts of possessing child exploitation material and one count of producing the same, but has since been charged with five more counts of possession after police continued to pore through devices they seized from his home.
Swift worked at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and was formerly a consultant nuclear physician at Princess Margaret Hospital.
He specialised in general nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography and nuclear medicine therapy to treat benign and malignant thyroid disease, neuroendocrine tumours and lymphoma.
During his first court appearance last month, police prosecutors said they seized 22 devices from Swift’s home that contained videos and photos of real and AI-generated children engaging in sexual activity.
Those devices included multiple laptops, PCs, an iPad, phones and hard drives allegedly depicting category 1 and category 2 levels of child exploitation material.
Prosecutors told the court there were AI-generated videos of children engaging in sex activity that Swift produced himself. Other videos found were of real female children under the age of 13.
Swift was granted bail a few days later and appeared in court in person on Friday, where he pleaded guilty to all eight charges.
Swift’s lawyer Henry Sklarz previously told the court his client was a good candidate for bail because he was “a long and esteemed medical professional” and had “dedicated his life to the public hospital system, saving lives from cancer”.
“He received national recognition for his work and is highly respected,” Sklarz told the magistrate at Swift’s last appearance.
On Friday, Swift’s bail was renewed, and he will come before the District Court in September for sentencing.
with 9News Perth
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