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A gardener at Sydney\u2019s elite Cranbrook School has been charged over allegations of possessing child abuse material.<\/p>\n
Edward Charles Reynolds Warnes, 28, was arrested at an address in Rydalmere on Thursday by specialist investigators from the Australian Federal Police\u2019s Eastern Command Child Protection Operations. Investigators say they received two reports from the US\u2019 National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about child abuse material being uploaded online.<\/p>\n
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\u201cInvestigators allegedly linked the online account activity to a 28-year-old Sydney man,\u201d the AFP said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Detectives seized electronic devices from the property \u201cthat allegedly contained child abuse material depicting real children and animated children\u201d.<\/p>\n
Warnes has been a landscaper at Cranbrook School since February this year, head of school Dr Anne Johnstone said in correspondence on Friday, obtained by this masthead.<\/p>\n
Related Article \u201cI am writing to advise you that a horticultural assistant employed by Green by Nature, which has the contract for Cranbrook\u2019s garden maintenance, was arrested yesterday and has been charged with possessing child abuse material.<\/p>\n \u201cCranbrook is not part of the police investigation. We understand there is no evidence to suggest that this matter relates to any of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n Warnes\u2019 working with children check has been suspended, she said, and he cannot work in any school environment.<\/p>\n \u201cCranbrook remains strongly committed to a child safe environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Crisis support is available from Lifeline<\/a> on 13 11 14.<\/p>\n Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Eastern](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1bc87ba268f22e00a78f15657e3d664bd40505d4.jpeg\")
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