Dad found with child rape videos breaches sentence

A dad found with sadistic videos of children being raped has faced court for breaching his sentence after his release from jail.

Andrew Matthies leaves court with lawyer Anna Smith.

A dad found with sadistic videos of children being raped has faced court for breaching his sentence after his release from jail.

The operational period of Andrew Karl Matthies's suspended sentences were extended by six months on Wednesday after he was convicted of four counts of breaching a suspended sentence.

Crown prosecutor Will Slack on Wednesday said the breaches related to Matthies failing to fulfil his reporting requirements under the Child Protection Act.

Maroochydore District Court heard Matthies didn't report that he had changed his number plates on his BMW X5.

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"Further checks revealed he had not reported ownership of another BMW and also a boat trailer," Mr Slack said.

"Reporting of the ownership of vehicles including trailers is required under legislation."

The offences which he was fined $500 for in the Magistrates Court brought Matthies back to the District Court to be resentenced for two counts each of possessing child exploitation material and using a carriage service to access child exploitation material.

 

Andrew Matthies leaves court with lawyer Anna Smith.

 

Mr Slack said police unearthed 233 videos found at his Kunda Park work shed in 2016.

"I note that it contained a concerning quantity involving child-adult penetration and sadistic behaviour," Mr Slack said.

"The Commonwealth charges related to his use of peer-to-peer software to download that material."

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The court in 2018 heard the videos had titles such as "Pedo mum abuse of little girl 3yo" and "Toddler girl plus man 3yo beauty this rocks".

Matthies was originally given a head sentence of two-and-a-half years imprisonment.

The term was suspended after he served 10 months, for an operational period of four years.

Defence lawyer Anna Smith said Matthies took his actual jail time as a salient lesson and had engaged in rehabilitation.

She said breach offences relating to his vehicles were at the lower end of the scale.

"That wasn't motivated by anything sinister or calculated," Ms Smith said.

She said Matthies's daughter drove the car that he failed to report ownership of and the trailer was left to him by his father.

"He does suffer from mental health issues which was apparent at the time of the sentence and is still apparent now," Ms Smith said.

Judge Gary Long said the essential requirements of the reporting regime had been brought home to Matthies.

He extended the operational period of Matthies sentence by six months.

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