Lismore’s Benjamin Keith Gully pleads guilty to child abuse charges
A Northern NSW artist will be sentenced after sharing child abuse material with a fellow pedophile and planning to run a child sex ring with a rotating roster – and he’s currently walking free.
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A South Lismore artist will be sentenced after sharing child abuse material with a fellow pedophile and planning to run a child sex ring with a rotating roster – and he’s currently walking free.
Benjamin Keith Gully faced Lismore Local Court on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to transmit child abuse material and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.
Documents tendered to court state the 44-year-old was also charged with four counts of possessing a prohibited drug.
Gully was arrested at his home on January 5 after a police investigation discovered he was communicating with a Queensland pedophile, documents continue.
The offender accessed child abuse material containing 13 videos of adults having sex with children, police state.
Gully also sent child abuse in the form of written stories to the interstate pedophile on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram under the username ‘Benny Tweed Poz’, documents state.
When the other pedophile sent Gully child abuse videos, Gully replied: “F--king spectacular. That’s so f--king hot and actually beautiful just as it should be,” police facts state.
“Another example of why boys are made for this. Look how f--king happy that kid is … and totally in his comfort zone.
Gully also referred to a child as “a little hottie”.
In one of the videos a child was blindfolded and did not move, appearing unconscious, police said.
Gully told the other pedophile a story about going camping and having sex with a child, documents state.
Gully expressed interest in making child porn with the Queensland man and discussed starting a group where “dads would show off their sons” and would include a rotating roster, police facts state.
When police raided Gully’s home, they allegedly found a stash of drugs including 18.9g of cannabis, 3.4g of meth, 2.3g cocaine and 1g of MDMA.
Gully was arrested and taken to Lismore Police Station where he told police he engaged in “age play” with the other pedophile.
The offender’s case has been adjourned to December 18 for sentence while he remains on bail and in the community.
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