Childcare worker, former Knox student David William James charged with producing child abuse material

A childcare worker, and former student of an elite Sydney school, accused of producing child abuse material has been charged with a string of additional crimes. David William James was charged with a raft of child abuse offences allegedly committed across six out-of-school hours (OOSH) care centres between 2021 and 2024. Police allege Mr James used 10 children aged five and six to produce child abuse material while under his care. In the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, the 26-year-old’s matter was briefly mentioned, where it was adjourned for committal to take place on December 22. He was initially facing 10 counts of using a child under 14 to make child abuse material and two counts of possessing child abuse material. However, he has since been charged with a string of new offences including sexually touching a child under the age of 10. He also faces charges of aggravated use of a child under 14 to make child abuse material, doing a sexual act with a child under 16 to be filmed for child abuse material, and producing child abuse material. He now faces 31 charges in total, court records show, although it’s understood 13 of these will be withdrawn. While most of the claims outlined in court documents, seen by NewsWire, are too distressing for publication, they include allegations the man filmed young boys while they used the bathroom at various daycare centres in Sydney. He is also accused of masturbating in front of children at two of the centres. It was revealed in June that 1200 letters had been sent to parents and carers who may have come into contact with Mr James. The 26-year-old was a former trainee NSW Police officer and was in the 2017 class at Knox Grammar School on Sydney’s upper north shore.