CANBERRA, ACT, March 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A central NSW man has been sentenced by the Parramatta District Court today (7 March, 2025) to 18 months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of six months, for soliciting and sharing child abuse material online.
Investigations into the man began after the AFP received intelligence from NSW Police regarding an online user who purchased child abuse material.
Further inquiries showed the man, 38, engaged in online conversations on a messaging platform and solicited images and videos of female minors.
The AFP linked the man to the illegal activity and charged him in November, 2023.
A forensic examination of the man's phone revealed the downloaded me...