Man in Darwin court over child abuse material charges
A 31-YEAR-OLD Darwin man has faced court for charges relating to accessing and possessing child abuse material
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A 31-YEAR-OLD Darwin man has faced court today for charges relating to accessing and possessing child abuse material.
A joint operation between NT Police and Australian Federal Police resulted in the man being arrested after a search warrant at a home in Bayview.
On October 21, 2020 investigators from the Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team were alerted to the man’s activities after they noticed an online user accessing child abuse material via peer-to-peer networks.
The 31-year-old was bailed before appearing in the Darwin Local Court on Wednesday morning.
Investigators seized a laptop and a mobile phone for digital forensic analysis during the raid.
It will be alleged a review of the laptop at the scene identified it had been used to access child abuse material.
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A 31-year-old Bayview man was charged with:
– accessing child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22 of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
– accessing child pornography, contrary to section 474.19(1) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
– possessing child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22A of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
The maximum penalty for each of these offences is 15 years imprisonment.
AFP Child Protection Operations Detective Superintendent Paula Hudson said the AFP was working tireless to identify those who accessed and shared child abuse material online.
“We work closely with our state police partners to share intelligence and locate offenders who think they can share this abhorrent material under a cloak on anonymity,” Supt Hudson said.
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“My message to those who think they can get away with sharing child abuse material is simple – you will be brought out from behind your computers to face the full force of the law.”
The man will return to court on December 15.
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