Khama-i McLennan-Perry in court for having child exploitation photos

A Bundaberg man guilty of exposing himself in public has since been caught with 25 sickening photos of children, and can now be named for the first time.

A 27-year-old Bundaberg man caught with more than two dozen child exploitation images on his mobile phone has avoided jail after a court found exceptional circumstances. Picture: Istock

A 27-year-old Bundaberg man caught with more than two dozen child exploitation images on his mobile phone has avoided jail after a court found exceptional circumstances.

Khama-i McLennan-Perry was caught with the images during a police search of his home on June 5, 2023.

Published court documents said officers identified 25 exploitation pictures on the device, 23 of which fell into category one of Interpol’s baseline system.

The category identifies images of real children under the age of 13.

The court documents said these pictures included girls “participating in penetrative sexual acts with adults”.

McLennan-Perry told police in an interview he searched the images and photos and screenshot the images.

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Khama-i McLennan-Perry was caught with the images during a police search of his home on June 5, 2023.

The 27-year-old’s criminal history included drug offences laid as a result of the same police search, when officers found 280g of marijuana at his home.

He was placed on 12 months probation at Bundaberg Magistrates Court in September 2023.

In July 2021, he pleaded guilty to wilfully exposing his penis in public, and was fined $750.

No convictions were recorded in either case.

Justice John Allen found there were exceptional circumstances which meant jail was not mandated in McLennan-Perry’s case.

These included the low number of images in his possession, and his previous compliance with the probation order handed down for the drug offences.

McLennan-Perry, who pleaded guilty to once count of possessing child exploitation material, was placed on two years’ probation.

A conviction was recorded and Justice Allen ordered the mobile phone be forfeited.