Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5:
1. The offender, Christopher Sheedy aka Porter, entered pleas of not guilty on arraignment before a jury on 30 January 2025. The indictment contained two Commonwealth offences, with count 2 pleaded in the alternative. On 6 February 2025 the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the principal count. The offender is now to be sentenced for an offence of using a carriage service to transmit communications to a child under 16 with the intention of making it easier to procure the child to engage in sexual activity. This offence is contrary to s 474.27(1) of the Criminal Code which has a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment. The el...