A prominent criminal barrister who was allegedly caught with child abuse material has reportedly been found dead.
Mark Dennis SC, 65, stepped off a flight from South-East Asia at Sydney Airport in January and was stopped by Australian Border Force officers, who pored through his phone, tablet, laptop, and a USB.
They allegedly found child abuse material and sexualised conversations with and about minors, and he was subsequently charged with possessing, distributing and importing child abuse material.
On Monday after 7.30pm, police were called to his Inner West home where the barrister’s body was found, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The Daily Mail has contacted NSW Police for comment.
Australian Border Force officials intercepted Dennis at the airport in January and searched his luggage following ‘intelligence led screening’.
‘The matter was reported to the AFP for further investigation,’ the Australian Federal Police said in a statement on Wednesday.
‘AFP members attended and on further examination of the device, identified alleged child abuse material and sexualised conversations with and about minors.’
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