CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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A Darwin man was sentenced to eight years and nine months' imprisonment by the Darwin Supreme Court yesterday (17 December, 2025) for a range of child abuse offences, including the possession of more than 8500 child abuse images.

The man, 19, pleaded guilty to a total of 16 offences, including producing, soliciting, accessing and possessing child abuse material, after a Northern Territory Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET) investigation.

The Malak man will be eligible for parole in May 2027.

The NT JACET investigation into the man began in December 2022, after the AFP ...