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Former Newington College teacher faces expanded charges
Published 3 weeks ago
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Benjamin Collinge, a 29-year-old former part-time music teacher at Newington College, appeared in court facing charges of grooming a teenage girl, accessing child abuse material, and new allegations of filming two women without their consent. The former teacher and student of the prestigious Sydney private school was released on $120,000 bail with strict conditions including house arrest, no smartphone access, and an internet ban. Police allege he posed as a 17-year-old to communicate with a 14-year-old girl online and attempted to encourage her to send sexually explicit material in exchange for money.
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