Brighton man charged with child exploitation and bestiality porn
A Brighton man has made a brief appearance in court after police allegedly found him in possession of dozens of child exploitation and bestiality porn videos and images.
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A BRIGHTON man has briefly appeared in court charged with child and bestiality porn offences.
Andre Charles Lee, 44, faced the Hobart Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with one count of possessing child exploitation material, one count of possessing a bestiality product, two counts of communication intended to expose a child under 17 to indecent material, and one count of distributing child exploitation material.
According to court documents, police will allege Mr Lee was found in possession of 32 videos and images depicting child exploitation and 32 videos and images depicting bestiality, dating back to February this year.
Mr Lee, who is on bail, will return to court on September 22.
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