CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Melbourne man has been sentenced to two years and two months' imprisonment, to be released after four months on a Commonwealth Recognisance Release Order, after a match on a dating app referred him to police.
The Hamlyn Heights man, 45, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria yesterday (25 March, 2025) after pleading guilty to two charges relating to using and accessing child abuse material.
A Victorian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) investigation started in early December, 2023, after a woman approached police with concerns about the man, who she matched with on a dating app.
She told police he initiated a conversation in which...