CANBERRA, ACT, April 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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A Wollongong man, 70, has been sentenced to three years and four months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of one year and eight months, for multiple online child abuse offences.
The man was sentenced by the Wollongong District Court today (23 April, 2025) after previously pleading guilty to three offences, including plans to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
An AFP investigation began in 2022 after the man engaged in conversations in an online chat forum, where he expressed both a sexual attraction to children and a desire to commit sexual offences against them.
The man...