A 56-year-old Central Coast man has been sentenced to five years’ jail at Gosford District Court for child abuse-related offences.
The man pleaded guilty in March to four offences relating to the access and possession of child abuse material, which the AFP found when they sorted through 10 terabytes worth of data on 30 devices including his computer, phone and other storage devices.
The AFP arrested the man after an investigation that was launched in December 2021 when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report about an Australian IP address accessing child abuse material.
The AFP linked the IP address to the man’s home and this was where investigators seized the electronic devices.
AFP Detective Superintendent Narelle Mitchell said the outcome was another reminder of the prevalence of online child sexual abuse in the Australian community.
“The re-victimisation of child sexual abuse victims occurs every single time this abhorrent content is accessed and shared,” Supt Mitchell said.
“The AFP and its partners will not rest until anyone involved in the harm of children is found and prosecuted.”
The man was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of two years and six months.
