Glen Stair failed to comply with reporting obligations after child abuse material sentence
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A Meridan Plains man who admitted to possessing grotesque child abuse files has come into the crosshairs of police for not abiding by his reporting obligations.
Glen Michael Stair was fined in Maroochydore Magistrates Court last week after knowingly breaching the terms of his child sex offending reporting obligations this year.
The 49-year-old was jailed in July last year for two-and-a-half years and released immediately on a recognisance and two years of supervision after he spent 255 days on remand, following his pleas of guilty to five charges of possessing, accessing and transmitting child abuse material.
Maroochydore District Court heard during a previous sentence hearing how Stair accessed child abuse material between September 2020 and October 2021.
Commonwealth prosecutor Mathew Thompson said Stair told federal police officers he lost his phone when they interviewed him after they searched his property and uncovered seven devices that contained child abuse material.
“In total there were 5366 files possessed across seven devices,” Mr Thompson said last year.
In court last week, police prosecutor Tara Miles said Stair failed to comply with his reporting obligations on September 1 and November 4 where he did not complete a periodic report or report a change in personal living details.
Senior Constable Miles said as part of being on the child protection offender registry, Stair must complete a periodic report four times a year to maintain contact with the court registry so his details were up to date.
The court heard he failed to complete this report in August and therefore breached his reporting obligations on September 1.
Police conducted checks on the 49-year-old’s Meridan Plains home to address the breach, however it was clear he was not living there.
Senior Constable Miles said officers interviewed Stair on November 4 who told police he was living in a tent in bushland at Palmview.
He told police he did not report this to the court registry.
The police prosecutor said the Meridan Plains man was cautioned twice in the last 12 months about non compliance after he failed to complete a periodic report in May.
Officers believed a further caution was likely to be ineffective and charged him with two counts of failing to comply with reporting obligations.
He pleaded guilty to both charges, with duty lawyer Michael Robinson telling the court this was the first time Stair had breached.
Mr Robinson told the court the 49-year-old left his Meridan Plains unit due to his flatmate going to drug rehab, and also had difficulty interpreting his reporting obligations.
The solicitor said Stair, an illiterate disability support pensioner, was hoping to move to Tamworth to start a new life.
Magistrate Chris Callaghan fined Stair $400 and recorded convictions against him.
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