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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Toby Vue

Man impersonates child safety worker, tells agency 'you b----s can suck it'

A man has pleaded guilty to charges after he used a sexual health service to notify a child safety worker she was exposed to syphilis before he impersonated her to accuse two colleagues of wrongdoing.

Facts tendered to the ACT Magistrates Court state that his offending began in December 2021 when he sent numerous threatening text messages to the Child and Youth Protection Services worker after the agency intervened in his children's welfare earlier that year.

The man, who is not named for legal reasons, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday when he pleaded guilty to three counts of stalking - all occurring in January - and one each of using a carriage service to menace, and property damage.

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