A man arrested last week over his alleged involvement in an international satanic paedophile ring is a former NSW Police officer who now works for the state government.
David Charles Turner, 42, was arrested at an address at Sydney Olympic Park on Thursday and charged with “use carriage etc to access child abuse material”, “use carriage service make available child abuse”, “person possesses bestiality material”, and two counts of “possess prohibited drug”.
Police sources told news.com.au that Sex Crimes Squad detectives will allege Turner committed the offences after leaving the force under its lucrative Optional Disengagement Scheme, which is available to officers with at least 10 years of diligent service and can provide payments of up to $269,000.
Since Turner’s arrest he has been suspended from his current position at the NSW Telco Authority, and he will face court again in March after being denied bail in Burwood Local Court on Friday.
In 2022 the then-sergeant was given a Rotary Police Officer of the Year award for “outstanding contributions to the NSWPF Radio Network”.
A fifth man has been arrested in Sydney over an alleged satanic paedophile ring allegedly run by far-left homosexual journalist Landon Germanotta-Mills.
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The arrest comes after alleged satanic paedophile network ringleader Landon Ashton Versace Germanotta-Mills, 26, was arrested in Waterloo, and Benjamin Raymond Drysdale, 46, Mark Andrew Sendecky, 42, and Stuart Woods Riches, 39, were arrested in Malabar in November 2025 by Strike Force Constantine.
All four will face court again later this month.
The taskforce was established by State Crime Command’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit to investigate the online distribution of child sexual abuse involving ritualistic or satanic themes.
Police allege they then uncovered a Sydney-based paedophile network actively involved in possessing, distributing, and facilitating this material through a website administered internationally.
A far-left homosexual aboriginal journalist is among four men arrested in Sydney over an alleged satanic paedophile ring.
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Detectives allege Germanotta-Mills, who runs a news site called Underground Media Network, played a leading role in the alleged paedophile ring.
A former Network 10 intern, Germanotta-Mills describes himself as a “Wiradjuri investigative journalist” and regularly posts far-left extremist content on social media, including demands for Australia Day to be abolished, promotion of Black Lives Matter, and articles attacking neo-Nazis.
He also has multiple posts calling himself gay and celebrating homosexuality and “transgenderism”.
Sex Crimes Squad Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty said after his arrest the thousands of videos allegedly exchanged by the international network were “particularly devastating” and that the group allegedly used confronting symbols and rituals to “torture” children aged from infants to age 12, and animals.
Header image: Left, Turner in police uniform. Right, Turner being arrested (NSW Police).
