Australia, Aug. 16 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 15:

1. The offender entered pleas of guilty at Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on 12 March 2025 to the following offences:

1) Sequence 1 - Use carriage etc to access Child Abuse Material contrary to s 474.22(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth). This offence carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.

2) Sequence 2 - Use carriage service to possess Child Abuse Material contrary to s 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth). This offence carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.

3) Sequence 15 - Possess bestiality material contrary to s 547E(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). This offence carries a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment.

2. The maximum penalty for each of the offences acts as a sentencing guidepost or reference point and reflects the seriousness of each of the offences.

3. The plea of guilty was adhered to on the sentence hearing.

4. Admitted on behalf of the Crown was the following:

1) Exhibit C1 - Notice of Committal

2) Exhibit C2 - Amended Court Attendance Notices

3) Exhibit C3 - Statement of Agreed Facts dated 7 March 2025

5. Admitted on behalf of the offender was the following:

1) Confidential Psychological Report of John Machlin, clinical psychologist, dated 10 June 2025.

Agreed facts

6. In May 2024, a particular IP address was detected downloading and transmitting child-abuse material. Police investigations found the address corresponded with an NBN account holder residing at an address in Campsie. On 29 May 2024, police obtained a search warrant which was executed on 30 May 2024. The offender was not present at the time of its execution. Police identified the offender as the owner of the electronic devices on which the material the subject of the charges had been located. The offender was subsequently arrested at his place of work.

7. The child abuse material was analysed and classified according to the Australian Child Abuse Categorisation Schema. Categories 1 and 2 are as follows:

1) Category 1 - Real child pre-pubescent perceived to be under 13 years of age: Media depicting a real pre-pubescent child/very first signs of puberty and the child is involved in a sex act, witnessing a sex act or the material is focused/concentrated on the anal or genital region of the child.

2) Category 2 - Other illegal content, child under 18 years of age: other child abuse material that is illegal within Australia but does not fit Category 1. Media may include images of children, which are likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult where a child is subjected to sadism, torture, bestiality or humiliation. Images may depict a child as the person conducting the activity or observing other persons. This includes animated, text of children and photoshopped media.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/19829dbd22db6c3242838388)

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