Two more female officers charged with historic child sex offences at Reiby

Another two former juvenile justice officers have been charged with historical child sex offences at the Reiby juvenile detention centre in Airds.

Strike Force Redcliffe, comprising detectives from Campbelltown Local Area Command, was established to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by former juvenile justice officers at the detention centre.

The allegations were raised at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.

Following extensive inquiries, Strike Force detectives arrested a 43-year-old woman in a vehicle at Ruse yesterday morning.

She was taken to Campbelltown Police Station.

The woman was charged with 75 offences.

Of those offences, 21 were sexual offences including aggravated sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and sexual assault of a child between the age of 10 and 16 years.

She was also charged with numerous drug supply matters, not related to her employment at the detention centre.

She was refused bail to appear at Campbelltown Local Court yesterday.

Police allege the woman assaulted a number of juvenile inmates at a detention centre in Airds between 1997 and 2004.

Another woman, aged 47, also arrested yesterday at Campbelltown, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault.

She was also refused bail to appear at Campbelltown Local Court.

Police allege the woman assaulted a juvenile inmate at a detention centre in Airds between 2001 and 2004.

Yesterday’s arrests and charges follow the arrest of a 43-year-old Padstow woman on May 23, who was charged with three sexual offences committed while she worked as a juvenile justice officer at the detention centre in Airds.

That woman is due to appear in Campbelltown Local Court on July 19.

If any member of the public has information in relation to Strike Force Redcliffe, they should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page here.

Police encourage any person who has been a victim of any kind of sexual violence, no matter how long ago the incident occurred, to contact police.