Raymond Cornwall: Convicted child sex offender faces child abuse material charge

A judge will consider if a repeat sex offender is deliberately committing crimes to be sent back to jail. It comes after the 65-year-old was found with child abuse material on his phone.

Convicted child rapist Raymond Barry Cornwall, 65, faces jail time after he was found with child abuse material on his mobile phone.

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A convicted child rapist who was recently jailed after he exposed his genitals on a Sydney train could face further jail time after he was found with child abuse material on his mobile phone.

Raymond Barry Cornwall, 65, admitted to having 19 images on his mobile phone while he was on a supervision order in September last year.

Cornwall faced Parramatta District Court today after pleading guilty to one count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

Raymond Barry Cornwall was arrested on a warrant after he exposed his genitals on a train in western Sydney last year.

Raymond Barry Cornwall was a history of serious sexual offending.

The court heard that a video of Cornwall exposing himself on a train was found among the material on his phone along with anime-style child abuse images.

This month, Cornwall was jailed two years, with a non-parole period of 18 months, for an offence of wilful and obscene exposure in front of a female passenger on a train at Warwick Farm last year.

He was arrested at a golf course in Little Bay in October following a public appeal from police.

At the time of his arrest, he was known to frequent Lalor Park, Campbelltown and Eagle Vale.

The court heard Cornwall had also been convicted of a further offence of failing to comply with an extended supervision order after he did not live at his nominated address or not attend weekly supervised meetings.

CCTV footage of Cornwall at Central Station during a police appeal for his arrest last year. Picture: NSW Police

Crown prosecutor Bethaney Debenham said it was concerning that Cornwall had committed the offence while under a high level of supervision and knowing his phone would be examined.

“Sexual arousal was the primary motivation for his offending,” Ms Debenham said.

“I think it’s well established Mt Cornwall knows what he is doing is wrong, but he does it anyway.”

Defence barrister AJ Karim outlined Mr Cornwall’s extensive criminal history, which includes the rape of four girls, one as young as 13, at knifepoint in the 1990s.

Mr Karim said severe mental health issues had “plagued” Cornwall for decades, including depressive disorder and chronic personality disorder.

Warwick Farm train station, where Cornwall exposed himself on a train last October. Picture: Supplied

“There’s a very sad history of suicide attempts, ongoing suicidal ideation and history of childhood trauma,” he said.

“He has no social support. He is absolutely totally socially isolated.”

Judge Sophia Beckett said she would need to consider whether Cornwall’s latest offending was a deliberate attempt on his part to be sent back to prison.

She added there was a risk of him being institutionalised due to his lengthy time spent behind bars.

“There are two things that come to mind; one, whether there is a real aspect of the offender being completely unable to control himself in respect to matters of this nature, or two, he is so institutionalised, he wants to go back to jail,” Ms Beckett said.

“He knows his phone is the subject of examination. He knows they’re going to look through it and he goes and records things on it and keeps things on it.”

“Mr Cornwall knows this is going to get him back into custody.”

He will be sentenced next month.