Notorious childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith ‘could have been stopped’ five times during decades of offending

<p>Queensland report details series of ‘missed opportunities’ over 20 years where action could have been taken to detect or stop abuse</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/08/australia-news-live-politics-coalition-housing-policy-liberal-labor-vic-nsw-qld-tasmania-weather-bushfires-economy-education-health-social-media-cost-of-living">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Notorious serial paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith “could have been stopped, and should have been stopped”, Queensland’s attorney general has said, after the state released a landmark report into the catastrophic system failures that enabled the abuse.</p><p>Griffith was sentenced to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/29/ashley-griffith-queensland-paedophile-sentencing-ntwnfb">life in prison for 307 sexual offences</a> against 73 victims, mostly young girls aged between three and five. Most of the offending occurred while he was employed at childcare centres in Queensland between 2003 and 2022.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/08/queensland-childcare-paedophile-could-have-been-stopped-five-times">Continue reading...</a>

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