A prominent Perth oncologist has pleaded guilty to possessing and manufacturing child exploitation material.
Dr Peter Charles Swift, 68, was arrested last month after police raided his multi-million dollar Dalkeith property.
He was initially charged with two counts of possession of child exploitation materials and one charge of making such materials, but he has been charged with five other charges of possession after the police continued to infiltrate the materials they seized from his home.
Swift worked at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and was previously a consultant nuclear physician at Princess Margaret Hospital.
He specializes in general nuclear medicine, positron tomography and nuclear medicine therapy to treat benign and malignant thyroid disease, neuroendocrine tumors and lymphoma.
During her first court appearance last month, police prosecutors said they seized 22 devices from Swift’s home that contained videos and images of real and AI-generated children having sex.
The devices included multiple laptops, PCs, iPads, phones and hard drives allegedly displaying Class 1 and Class 2 child exploitation material.
Prosecutors told the court that there were AI-generated videos of children having sex that Swift had made herself. Some of the videos found were of real girls under the age of 13.
Swift was granted bail a few days later and appeared in court on Friday, where she 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-time and respected medical professional” and “dedicated his life to the public hospital system, saving lives from cancer”.
“She received national recognition for her work and is very well respected,” Sklarz told the judge the last time Swift appeared.
On Friday, Swift’s bail was renewed, and she will appear in District Court in September for sentencing.
with 9News Perth
