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Former senior public servant Keith Scott loses bid to stay anonymous after being sentenced for possessing child abuse material

A former senior public servant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has lost a last-ditch High Court appeal to keep his name secret after he was convicted of possessing child abuse material.

Keith Scott, 61, was charged in May 2020, after he uploaded two computer-generated images depicting child abuse to a Gmail account in his own name, intending to send them to a woman in the United Kingdom.

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