Sicko basketball referee Aaron Stockton jailed for posing as bisexual teen to solicit child porn
A sex fiend basketball referee and former CFA analyst who posed as a bisexual teenager to solicit child pornography from underage schoolgirls claimed he was forced into “hiding” and “humiliated” after his lewd offences were publicised in the media.
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A veteran basketball referee who posed as a bisexual teenage girl on Skype to solicit vile child porn material from several underage victims has been jailed.
Aaron Stockton, 37, was sentenced in the County Court on Thursday to five months’ jail after pleading guilty to multiple counts of solicit child pornography material using a carriage service.
Stockton posed as blonde teenage girl ‘amy t’ to lure and deceive his victims on Skype between April and October 2011.
Stockton engaged in lewd and sexually explicit communication with his victims and requested images and videos of themselves performing sexualised acts.
The predator made some of his victims — aged between 12 and 14 — kneel on their beds and perform lewd acts.
He also used internet language associated with young teens to keep his ruse going.
Some of Stockton’s victims requested he appear on camera but the sicko made excuses as to why he couldn’t.
Stockton asked one victim if she wanted to have “sum sxy fun” then requested she lift her top “coz it will b sxc”.
Stockton also asked a victim to put her hands down her pants because she “would like it”.
He asked a victim if she had ever touched herself before.
“Wanna learn? I can teachu I do it all the time,” Stockton said.
Stockton repeated his vile modus operandi with a another victim but she told him her dad was around.
Stockton suggested she go to the bathroom.
The fiend’s offending went undetected until police raided Stockton’s Gisborne home on November 29 last year.
Investigators had information Stockton was in possession of child abuse material downloaded from peer-to-peer site ‘Shareaza’.
Stockton was nabbed with 1214 child porn images and videos including files which depicted sadism and bestiality.
Stockton told police he viewed the vile material for “sexual gratification” during “low moments” or when he was “depressed”.
He said he felt “wrong and dirty” and “instant regret” which would “kick in” when he was done.
Stockton also admitted to police he got a teenage girl to lift her top the day before his arrest, the court was told.
It was submitted a community correction order without immediate prison was in range as Stockton’s crime lacked “extortion” and “hadn’t gone beyond internet offending”.
“It’s accepted Mr Stockton has issues,” his lawyer told the court.
The court was told Stockton claimed his thirst for vile material “snowballed” after he was on peer-to-peer site Limewire when he “somehow” downloaded child pornography.
“I don’t know what I’m doing that for,” Stockton said.
Stockton lived in Gisborne at the time of the offending but has since moved to Wendouree.
The former CFA computer specialist — described by his lawyer as a “pretty clever man actually” — now works in fencing.
Stockton was stood down from the CFA with pay after he was charged in November.
He was a veteran basketball referee for Basketball Victoria Country.
One of Stockton’s roles within the organisation was to coach other referees.
A recent ad posted by Stockton to a Ballarat online jobs board states that he is still a referee for that organisation.
At a brief hearing held last month Stockton’s lawyer said his client went into “hiding” after his offending was made public.
The lawyer on Thursday said media coverage of Stockton’s crimes humiliated him, made him fearful for his safety and had overridden coverage of his contribution to the community.
Judge Sarah Leighfield said she accepted the publicity had impacted his mental health and increased the burden of his imprisonment.
Stockton, who appeared via videolink from Ravenhall Correctional Centre, was jailed for 12 months but will be released onto an 18-month good behaviour bond after serving five months.
He was made a registered sex offender for life.
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