A Queensland podiatrist who accessed child exploitation material, which included a baby, more than 2200 times and admitted to rape fantasies has been disqualified from applying to be a health practitioner for four years.
Tyson Bryan-Anthony Franklin, 28, was in October 2018 found to have accessed child exploitation material on 2211 occasions.
A police examination of Franklin’s browser history on his phone also revealed he had searched several times for news articles relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenders who had raped and murdered children.
He had also searched for material relating to sexual abuse between adults and children.
He would screenshot the images he found and later delete them, not wanting them stored on his phone.
Some of the material was described as being of an “extremely disturbing nature”, which included aspects of sadism in relation to young boys, including a baby.
Franklin also admitted to speaking to people online and discussing rape fantasy.
He said he was unable to control his urges to view the material and actively avoided children because of his thoughts.