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Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon pleads guilty to 9 child-porn offences

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WATCH ABOVE: Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon plead guilty to nine child pornography-related charges in Australian court, including three charges related to an incident in Edmonton. – Dec 2, 2016

A child psychiatrist pleaded guilty to a list of child pornography-related offences in an Australian court including videotaping a young boy at West Edmonton Mall.

Aaron Voon pleaded guilty to nine charges. Three of those are related to the incident at West Ed.

Last month, an agreement was made to stay the charges against Voon in Alberta on the condition he plead guilty in his home country of Australia.

READ MORE: Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon to face Edmonton porn charges in Australian court

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The 41-year-old was arrested in May after a father caught a man videotaping his son using a urinal in the Scotiabank Theatre at West Edmonton Mall.

Voon was charged with making and possessing child pornography, and voyeurism.

READ MORE: Edmonton theatre washroom incident results in child porn charges

He was released on bail, allowing him to return to Australia. He was then arrested at the Perth Airport and charged with possessing child exploitation material.

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Australian police said they found 409 photos of boys urinating in public washrooms on a computer seized from Voon.

READ MORE: Australian child psychiatrist allegedly had 400 pictures of boys urinating in public washrooms: report

In June, a statement of facts read in Perth Magistrates Court alleged Voon also had 12 videos on his computer of young boys urinating, according to Australian news outlet WA Today.

He’s out on bail and is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 27, 2017 to set a sentencing date.

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