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The Sydney Morning Herald
· collected 2026-10-10 · by Christopher Harris, Sally Rawsthorne
Edward Charles Reynolds Warnes, a 28-year-old gardener at Sydney's Cranbrook School, was arrested in Rydalmere by Australian Federal Police after being charged with possessing child abuse material. The police investigation involved reports from the U.S.' National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about online activities linked to Warnes’ accounts. Electronic devices seized during the arrest are alleged to contain both real and animated child abuse images. Cranbrook School’s head, Dr Anne Johnstone, confirmed that while Warnes was employed by a contracted maintenance company, there is no evidence linking him to any students at the school.
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On Thursday, Edward Charles Reynolds Warnes, 28, a gardener at Sydney's prestigious Cranbrook School since February, was arrested in Rydalmere by Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators from Eastern Command Child Protection Operations. The arrest followed reports from the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about child abuse material being uploaded online. AFP seized electronic devices from Warnes' property that allegedly contained images depicting both real and animated children. Green by Nature, which holds the contract for Cranbrook’s garden maintenance, employed Warnes as a horticultural assistant. Dr Anne Johnstone, head of Cranbrook School, confirmed in a statement to parents on Friday that the school is not involved in the police investigation but assured transparency regarding the situation involving their employee.
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A gardener at Sydney’s elite Cranbrook School has been charged over allegations of possessing child abuse material.
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Edward Charles Reynolds Warnes, 28, was arrested at an address in Rydalmere on Thursday by specialist investigators from the Australian Federal Police’s Eastern Command Child Protection Operations.
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Investigators say they received two reports from the US’ National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about child abuse material being uploaded online.
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“Investigators allegedly linked the online account activity to a 28-year-old Sydney man,” the AFP said in a statement.
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Detectives seized electronic devices from the property “that allegedly contained child abuse material depicting real children and animated children”.
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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.
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“I am writing to advise you that a horticultural assistant employed by Green by Nature, which has the contract for Cranbrook’s garden maintenance, was arrested yesterday and has been charged with possessing child abuse material.
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We understand there is no evidence to suggest that this matter relates to any of our students.”
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Warnes’ working with children check has been suspended, she said, and he cannot work in any school environment.
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“Cranbrook remains strongly committed to a child safe environment.”
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