Brisbane man jailed over child abuse material offences
A Brisbane man, 62, has been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months imprisonment for accessing, transmitting and possessing child abuse material by the Brisbane District Court.
The man pleaded guilty to 12 offences in March following a Brisbane Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team investigation into an online user uploading child abuse material to social media platforms.
AFP Investigators from the Queensland Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team executed a search warrant at the man’s home in West End before seizing several electronic items, including two phones, a tablet and laptop.
The man was arrested and charged with;
- Six counts of use carriage service to access child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
- Three counts of use carriage service to transmit child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22(1)(a)(iii) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
- Make child exploitation material, contrary to section 228B of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld)
- Two counts of possess child abuse material obtained or accessed through a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22A of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth)
The man was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months imprisonment with a non-parole period of 15 months.
Note to media:
Use of term 'CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL' NOT ‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’
The correct legal term is Child Abuse Material – the move to this wording was among amendments to Commonwealth legislation in 2019 to more accurately reflect the gravity of the crimes and the harm inflicted on victims.
Use of the phrase "child pornography" is inaccurate and benefits child sex abusers because it:
- indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and
- conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Every photograph or video captures an actual situation where a child has been abused.
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