Sex offender Bryan Cooper ordered to return to Ballarat and face charges
Serial sex offender Bryan Cooper has been ordered to return to Ballarat and face charges after police found him with hundreds of child abuse files.
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Sex offender Bryan Cooper back to Ballarat to face charges
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