Hamish Tait, 35, has been charged with 329 offences related to the creation and distribution of child abuse material. Detectives allegedly found the images in which the clothing appeared on electronic devices seized as part of their investigation into Tait. Following a community appeal for information in early July, police were able to identify a further nine of an alleged 158 total victims. He was initially charged with eight counts of online child abuse material offences, and was hit with additional offences through April, June and July 2026. They include 162 counts of producing child abuse material and 81 counts of filming a person engaged in a private act without consent.