Shane Andrew Lunnay live-streamed lewd act to children and imported illegal Japanese sex comics, court told
A YouTube gamer – who has admitted to possessing child abuse material – live-streamed himself in an indecent act with a sex doll while children watched online, a court has heard.
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An Adelaide YouTube gamer – who is facing jail for child exploitation material offences – illegally imported animated Japanese child pornography and streamed himself online having sex with a doll, a court has heard.
Judge Geraldine Davison on Tuesday told the District Court that Shane Andrew Lunnay’s use of the animated material – known as hentai – may have led to his consumption of real child abuse material.
The 35-year-old Parafield Gardens man has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of possessing and controlling child abuse material, as well as importing prohibited goods.
The material included photographs and videos – including of children under the age of 14.
Judge Davison said there was a “foundation” for the animated pornography leading to worse crimes because he was located with material depicting “real children”.
“Is this another example, perhaps, that one shouldn’t consider that anime, or hentai material, is harmless, victimless or any of those other words that are often used,” Judge Davison said.
She said Lunnay seemed to be “entirely immersed” in “hentai culture” and described his bedroom as an “entire fantasy world” covered in posters of young animated girls.
Judge Davison also said that Lunnay had live-streamed himself having sex with what appeared to be a doll, when he was aware that children were watching online.
He was not directly charged in relation to that conduct but prosecutors said it proved his offending was not isolated.
Lunnay’s counsel, Andrew Culshaw, accepted his client was living in an “unhealthy, deviant and illegal fantasy world” but said he had been undertaking rehabilitation therapy since his arrest.
He also said Lunnay had downloaded child pornography from an online chat website.
Prosecutor Pantelia Marinakis said Lunnay’s offending was “prolonged over a period of time”.
Ms Marinakis said he had told a psychologist that he had no past or present interest in child exploitation material.
Lunnay operated a YouTube channel called “Radical Dreamer Shane-O” where he posted hundreds of videos of him playing video games and talking about items he has collected, including stuffed toys and figurines.
He will be sentenced later this month.