Jay Beaton: Menai man pleads guilty to possessing child abuse material

A man who had images and videos of child abuse material stored on his personal computer, located in folders which also contained his own nude selfies, has admitted to his criminal activity.

Jay Beaton outside Sutherland Local Court on Thursday. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

A data administrator from Sydney’s south has admitted he possessed concerning child abuse images and videos.

Jay Anthony Beaton, 21, pleaded guilty to possessing child abuse material and possessing prohibited drugs in Sutherland Local Court on Thursday.

Agreed facts state on May 2 specialist police arrived at Beaton’s Menai home, where he lives with his mother, to execute a search warrant.

Police found Beaton in his bedroom and he initially denied possessing any child abuse material.

Officers located and seized his computer desktop and tower, which was in his name and found in his bedroom, along with other old laptops and computers.

Jay Beaton will be sentenced in Sutherland Local Court in July.

Police located 10g of cannabis in a clear airtight jar behind the desktop, which Beaton immediately made full admissions to possessing.

Officers left the house and examined the computers, which contained videos and images that “clearly constituted child abuse material”, documents state.

The number of videos and images was not detailed in the police statement of facts.

Police said there were images and videos of adults having intercourse with children younger than 10 years old, young girls with their genitalia exposed and one girl, no older than 10, giving oral sex to an animal, the documents state.

The documents state the images were located in folders which also contained “selfie” style nude images of Beaton.

“There is no doubt as to the fact the accused possessed the videos and images,” the documents state.

Beaton was arrested at his home the next day.

In court, Magistrate Philip Stewart asked for the number and type of child abuse material to be detailed before Beaton was sentenced.

Beaton’s bail condition of not using the internet unless for work purposes was also changed to allow him to use his email and internet banking to pay bills.

The court heard Beaton will participate in a sentence assessment report and other psychological reports before he is sentenced on July 18.