Childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith extradited to NSW

Oct 28, 2026, 03:03 AM· 1 hour ago· Original: EN

The former childcare worker is currently serving life in jail in Queensland after admitting to offences against 69 girls at early learning centres in Brisbane and Italy over two decades.

Notorious childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith has been extradited from Queensland to New South Wales to stand trial for additional charges.

Queensland corrective services minister Laura Gerber announced this afternoon that Griffith had been extradited just after 6:30am this morning and crossed the NSW border just after 8am.

The former childcare worker is currently serving life in jail in Queensland after admitting to offences against 69 girls at early learning centres in Brisbane and Italy over two decades.

He faces an additional 202 charges relating to children in NSW.

They include sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10 years, indecent assault of a person under 16, and producing child abuse material, among other charges related to children.

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