Dawson also possessed 16,470 images and videos of children, ranging from babies and toddlers up to teenagers, involving nudity and sexual acts. Dawson, 42, pleaded guilty to procuring children to engage in sexual activity outside Australia, possessing child pornography and using a carriage service to access and make available child pornography material. By Rae WilsonA New Zealand man has been jailed for five years for requesting "degrading and revolting" acts on young children in the Philippines via Skype for sexual gratification. Commonwealth prosecutor Aimee Sanderson told the court Dawson would likely have continued his offending if Australian Federal Police had not caught him using a peer-to-peer child pornography site. Defence barrister James Godbolt told the court his client had an addiction to child pornography.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 28, 2016 08:26 UTC