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Grooming charges dropped against convicted paedophile after pleading guilty to sex offenders register breach

A convicted paedophile has been freed from jail by the ACT Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to breaching his obligations under the Child Sex Offenders Register.

Benjamin Hugh Smith, 38, had been in jail since May when he was accused of attempting to groom two young boys at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) pool.

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