Dylan Travis Nottle pleads guilty to possessing child abuse material

A young panelbeater’s mother cried silently in a courtroom as her son’s disturbing offending was laid bare, which included a trove of child abuse material.

A young Gympie tradie has used an autism diagnosis to try to explain why he solicited naked pictures from several teenage boys over social media.

Dylan Travis Nottle’s more than year-long offending was uncovered by police when they carried out a search of his Southside home in July 2023, Gympie District Court heard Monday.

The 24-year-old Southside man exchanged hundreds of messages on Snapchat with five teenagers from November 2021 to February 2023.

The court heard the ages of these boys ranged from 15 years to 16 years, although some told Nottle they were one or two years older.

Nottle exchanged hundreds of messages with the boys, who sent him naked images of themselves.

Dylan Travis Nottle, 24, spent more than a year soliciting several underage boys for nude pictures.

During the search of Nottle’s home police found a hard drive with 219 files including videos, the court heard.

These videos included footage of pre-pubescent boys engaged in sex acts with adult men.

Nottle’s mother sat quietly crying in the public gallery as the 24-year-old’s offending was revealed to the court.

Nottles’ lawyer said their client had been diagnosed with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, learning difficulties, and a borderline intellectual impairment.

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Judge Cash sentenced Nottle to two years’ jail, with six months to be served before his release on a $1000 recognisance bond.

The court heard these, along with his lack of social skills, contributed to his offending.

He had been employed for a small time as a panel beater, but had not maintained a consistent career.

Judge Glen Cash said the material in Nottle’s possession was “disturbing”.

He noted Nottle was remorseful but considered there were no exceptional circumstances which would keep the 24-year-old from serving time for his “extremely serious” offending.

Nottle pleaded guilty to five counts of using a carriage service to transmit the child abuse material to himself, and one count of possessing or accessing the material through the use of the carriage service.

Judge Cash sentenced Nottle to two years’ jail, with six months to be served before his release on a $1000 recognisance bond.

Nottle would then need to remain on good behaviour for the next two years.

Originally published as Dylan Travis Nottle pleads guilty to possessing child abuse material