Adelaide DJ Nicholas Athans accepted into SA Police training academy before arrest, court hears

An Adelaide DJ who groomed four teenage girls by sending sexually explicit photos had been accepted to become a police officer like his father when he was arrested, a court has heard.Key points:Nicholas Athans was found guilty in January of procuring children to engage in sexual activityThe court today heard that Athans had been accepted into the SAPOL training academy before his arrestThe prosecutor said the young girls who received images from Athans were “repulsed”Nicholas Emmanuel Athans, 26, used social media platform Snapchat to send photos to four girls aged between 14 and 16 and was found guilty of four counts of procuring a child to engage in sexual activity.Athans was the owner of the business Yeah Hard Entertainment at the time, which organised high school formal after-parties, among other events.He was also a DJ at a number of popular Adelaide nightclubs.Athans initially contacting three of the girls on Facebook Messenger after obtaining their details from an event he was promoting.He then encouraged them to add him on Snapchat, which he then used to send them messages and unidentified nude photographs.The messages included “come here now”, “sneak out” and “we should hang … I’ll make it worth your while”.The court previously heard…
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