Former Scotch College teacher Andrew Robert Grant jailed for child exploitation offences
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Andrew Robert Grant was said to have exploited children in a grave and harmful manner .
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The actions of a veteran Victorian teacher who preyed upon children, getting them to send him explicit pictures of themselves, has been described as depraved by a judge.
Key points:
His 12 victims were asked to send explicit images of themselves
He will remain on the sex offenders register for life
Andrew Robert Grant, whose lengthy teaching career included a 12-year spell at Melbourne s Scotch College, was jailed for five years after pleading guilty to 13 charges relating to obtaining, possessing and distributing child exploitation material.
A former teacher at one of Australia s most exclusive private schools has been jailed over naked images of underage girls.
Andrew Robert Grant, 59, paid $470 for more than 100 child abuse images and 21 videos, solicited from girls in the Philippines while he was living overseas.
Grant, who worked at Melbourne s prestigious Scotch College for more than a decade, was arrested after a random baggage check at Melbourne Airport last December.
Andrew Robert Grant (pictured), a former teacher at Melbourne s Scotch College, paid $470 for more than 100 child abuse images and 21 videos from girls in the Philippines
He claimed he was being set up by children he had been sponsoring.