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Mark Anthony Gray pleads guilty to indecently filming adult massage therapy clients, scoring sentence discount

A collector of disgusting child-sex imagery has admitted he secretly filmed 30 of his adult massage therapy clients, some of which SA Police are yet to identify.

Mark Anthony Gray in a screenshot from one of his YouTube videos.
Mark Anthony Gray in a screenshot from one of his YouTube videos.

A self-confessed hoarder of explicit and illicit sexual images of children has confessed in court to have indecently filmed 30 adult patients of his massage therapy business without their knowledge or consent.

The Advertiser can also revealed SA Police have yet to identify some of the victims of Mark Anthony Gray’s offending, which spanned a six-month period.

In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday, Gray began to cry as he pleaded guilty, by video-link, to 30 counts of indecent filming. Because of that confession, he is now entitled to a discount of up to 40 percent on his eventual sentence.

Gray works as a massage therapist. Picture: YouTube.
Gray works as a massage therapist. Picture: YouTube.

Gray, 56, of Wynn Vale, last month pleaded guilty to multiple basic and aggravated counts of possessing and disseminating child exploitation material.

He also pleaded guilty to one aggravated count of producing child exploitation material.

Under Commonwealth law, an aggravated offence means the child depicted in the material was under the age of 14 years.

Gray further confessed to multiple counts of acting as a host or administrator of a website used to distribute child exploitation material.

Those charges, relating to his use of the Kik app, and all other offences occurred between November 2018 and May 2020.

By virtue of those pleas – entered before imminent changes to sentencing laws – Gray has secured for himself a penalty discount of up to 40 per cent.

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On Thursday, the court heard Gray’s indecent filming offence occurred between June 2019 and January 2020 at his massage therapy premises.

The court also heard that each of the 30 counts related to a different adult victim.

Magistrate Elizabeth Sheppard noted Gray had entered his pleas in writing rather than verbally.

“Gray, I understand that your lawyer had a conversation with you on the phone and read out to you each of the 30 counts you are charged with, which concern indecent filming,” she said.

“I understand he asked you whether you intended to plead guilty and you said that you did to each of the 30 counts.”

Gray replied: “Yes, Your Honour.”

Ms Sheppard recorded those pleas.

“That’s a big step that are taking today” she said. “It attracts a discount when you plead guilty, so we will have that noted today.”

She remanded him in custody to face the District Court in November when a date will be set for sentencing for all of Gray’s crimes.

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