Girls, 10, 14, break in to 'make milkshakes'

DO THE CRIME: Two young girls have been charged and a third will be cautioned after allegedly breaking into a shopping centre to make milkshakes.

THREE girls aged 10 to 14 have been arrested after breaking into a Kimberley shopping centre to make milkshakes.

Between 3am and 3.30am on Sunday the girls allegedly climbed the roof of the Kununurra Coles shopping complex and smashed a window into a patisserie.

One of the girls then allegedly climbed through the window to help the other two girls in, before they took some drinks and made themselves milkshakes.

A 14-year-old girl and two 10-year-olds were charged with burglary, stealing and damage. The 14-year-old and a 10-year-old will appear in Kununurra children's court at a later date, while the second 10-year-old was issued a juvenile caution.

A Kununurra police spokesman said the girls had caused about $1500 damage to the shopping complex, but had only stolen about $4.50 worth of milkshake making ingredients.

The officer said there was an increasing number of young children being caught stealing food and drinks in the town because they were hungry.

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Chaplain had 'unhealthy' interest in girls

THE child pornography trial of a former Perth private girls' school chaplain heard the accused had an unhealthy interest in young girls.

Matthew David O'Meara appeared in District Court today, accused of possesing child pornography on thumb drives while a chaplain at the Anglican school in August 2010.

The prosecution claims Mr O'Meara has an unhealthy interest in young girls.

However, in his opening address today, Mr O'Meara's lawyer Laurie Levy said his interest in young people was a natural one for someone involved in education and did not extend to pornography.

Today the court was told a drama teacher, whose office at the time was in the chapel building near the chaplain's office, found a black USB drive on her desk and held on to it for two weeks, thinking it was a student's.

However, she handed the drive in when students showed her how to open the files and she was concerned with the images of a young girl on it.

The police were called soon after the teacher handed the USB to the school's head of IT.

The trial continues.

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