Australia sentences Japanese traveller for possessing child pornography
Tokyo/UNI: Australia on Monday sentenced a Japanese tourist to 16 months in jail for attempting to import child pornography into Australia.
As per a report by Kyodo news, the 31-year-old man had attempted to import child sex abuse material into Australia on his arrival at Perth, the capital of Western Australia in November. He had entered the country on a tourist visa.
Australian Border Force officers found approximately 200 videos and images depicting the sexual abuse of children on the phone of the accused, further examination of the phone showed that he had hundreds of such abusive videos stored in an application.
Judge Fiona Vernon at the District Court of Western Australia said the accused must serve a minimum of eight months from the date of his arrest besides paying a $5,000 good-behavior bond for a further eight months.
The man is likely to be deported after his release from prison.
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