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A Current Affair reporter charged over child porn offences

Ben McCormack was arrested before a raid on Nine’s ACA offices.
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Ben McCormack
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A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack has been charged over possessing child pornography.

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McCormack on ACA. (Credit: Nine Network)

Police raided the ACA office at the Nine Network’s headquarters in Sydney this morning. 

They seized computers, a mobile phone, and electronic storage devices.

“I can confirm that officers from the New South Wales police have been at [Nine] this morning investigating matters relating to a staff member at A Current Affair,” Nine’s Director of News and Current Affairs Darren Wick said in an email to staff.

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“It’s a personal matter that does not relate to the program or Nine.”

McCormack was arrested in Sydney this morning and taken to Redfern police station for questioning.

A NSW Police statement said a 42-year-old man “was arrested by strike force detectives during a vehicle stop on Driver Avenue, Moore Park. The man was … charged with using a carriage service for child pornography material.”

Police will also allege “the man was engaged in sexually explicit conversations about children with an adult male and discussed child pornography.”

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A long-time employee for ACA, McCormack was the reporter who tracked down Hey Dad..! star Robert Hughes in Singapore in 2010, ahead of his conviction on child sex offences.

Investigations continue.

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