The maximum penalty for each count is seven years behind bars.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed the case was the first prosecution on its type in SA.<\/p>\n
The former Mercedes College student is also facing 12 counts of using a carriage service in a harassing or offensive way, a charge that carries a maximum prison term of five years.<\/p>\n
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William Yeates’s matter is expected to return to court in April. (ABC News: Eva Blandis)<\/p>\n
Mr Yeates’s defence lawyer Tim McGrath told the court that negotiations with prosecution were underway.<\/p>\n
“An offer has been put to the [Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions] that acknowledges the conduct alleged in every offence before the court today,” he said.<\/p>\n
Court documents allege Mr Yeates, who was 18 at the time, had “transmitted material” on the social media platform X and that he was “responsible for creating the material” between February 8 and February 13 last year.<\/p>\n
It is also alleged that Mr Yeates used two different X accounts on 12 occasions between September 2024 and February 2025 in a way that “reasonable persons would regard as being, in all the circumstances, menacing harassing or offensive \u2026 in relation to [the alleged victim]”.<\/p>\n
Mr Yeates did not comment as he left court.<\/p>\n
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