A Te Kuiti man caught with pictures of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment.
Sickness beneficiary Daniel James Parry (35) appeared for sentence at the Tauranga District Court on August 22 after pleading guilty to 20 charges of possessing objectionable publications.
An Internal Affairs Inspector, operating in Internet file sharing areas in August and October 2012, downloaded more than 30 objectionable files (movies and images of young children being sexually abused and in explicit sexual poses) from Parry’s computer.
The Judge was told the children were between six to thirteen years of age.
His laptop was found beneath a mattress in his bedroom and a forensic analysis of the computer showed that Parry had used a number of file-sharing programmes to seek and obtain images and movies of child sexual abuse material.
No escape
Community Safety Manager Steve O’Brien said that people who think they are safe in the confines of their own home, viewing this objectionable material, should think again.
“We have dedicated inspectors with the expertise to catch offenders. No matter what you do, everything’s traceable on your computer. Any sexual offence involving a child is disturbing but, by photographing and distributing pictures of the assault, the victim is victimized again and again every time their photo turns up on the internet. The abused child carries this dreadful burden into adulthood,” he said.
Source: Department of Internal Affairs
