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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.a.../13/1205126085158.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.a.../13/1205126085158.html
This makes no sense. The man put in his credit card and had it charged to a child porn website, how does someone do that by mistake? Let a lone possess 8000+ images by mistake.A Queensland police officer caught with more than 8000 child porn images on his home computer has avoided spending any time in jail.
Thomas James Anthony Wilson, 25, pleaded guilty in Brisbane's District Court today to possessing the lewd material, including pictures of boys as young as 10 engaging in sex acts.
He was sentenced to 18 months' jail, but the term was wholly suspended after his lawyer successfully argued Wilson had downloaded the images by mistake.
The former policeman, who has since lost his job, was one of 1717 suspects identified as part of a 2003 child porn investigation by US Customs and FBI agents.
Police traced his credit card to a child porn website titled ?Sunshine Boys?, where Wilson had paid a $35 access fee.
A March 28, 2006 raid on his Shorncliffe home on Brisbane?s northside uncovered a computer loaded with pornography.
In all, 8742 images were identified as depicting children aged between 10 and 18 posing nude, masturbating and engaging in sex acts.
Wilson's defence barrister Craig Eberhardt told the court his client had not purposefully sought out child abuse images when he downloaded pornography files from the internet.
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