[Australia] Man had access to a whopping 18k* worth of Child porn

[Romire]

http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/...es-and-videos/

*18k worth = 18,000

A MAN found with over 180,000 child pornography, real and animated, images and videos was on the verge of causing distress to himself or others when picked up by police.

The Rockhampton District Court heard this in statements made by a psychologist in a report about the offender who had accessed the material over a 20-month period.

Nathan Daniel Green pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing child exploitive material and one count of using a carriage service to obtain child pornography.

The 27-year-old, who was 22-24 years old at the time of the offences, accessed and paid to view 10 child pornography websites between January 31, 2007, and October 11, 2008.

He also admitted to police that he'd used a mobile phone device to view images.

Crown Prosecutor Dearne Galbraith said police identified the defendant when he used his details to subscribe to two child pornography websites.

"The amount of material in this matter is extremely large," she said.

Ms Galbraith said Mr Green's actions were not spontaneous or impulsive and he had retained 99% of the materials he had accessed on the websites. She said the majority of the images were of children under the age of 12.

"He did admit (during a police interview) to becoming sexually aroused by child porn," Ms Galbraith said.

Defence Barrister Tom Polley said Mr Green had undergone a psychology assessment conducted one year ago, and sought counselling afterwards, with the psychologist's report stating Mr Green, at the time of apprehension, was well on the way to paraphilia, namely paedophilia.

This is defined as intense recurrent sexual urges towards, and fantasies about, prepubescent children and on which feelings the individual has either acted or which caused distress or interpersonal difficulty.

Mr Polley said the report also noted Mr Green had not yet entered that stage and was no threat to society. He asked Judge Grant Britton to only give Mr Green a head sentence of two or two and a half years, considering Mr Green had not reoffended in the past three years.

Mr Green was sentenced to two years, nine months, to be released after nine months, for using a carriage service.

He was also sentenced to two years for one count of possessing child pornography, suspended after nine months, and nine months for the second possession charge. All sentences will be served concurrently and he will be on good behaviour and probation after jail.

Child porn accessed

50,368 real images
585 videos
126,485 animated images
361 animated videos
4000 images and videos on five DVDs
Paid to access 10 websites, paying monthly fees of between $29.95 to $100

Jeez christ

[Powerogue]

sheesh, he was clearly very...enthusiastic about his...hobby. With that sheer volume you get the image that he literally just sat at home browsing his massive stash 24/7.

[Defengar]

Wild lowest common denominator of anime viewership appears!
Catch that bitch with a master ball and throw it in a volcano!

[TheWerebison]

God, I got so many jokes that just popped into my head...

1)"He did admit (during a police interview) to becoming sexually aroused by child porn," Ms Galbraith said. Thank god for that. If he wasn't aroused by this, then he'd just be keeping child porn on his computer for no reason, which seems worse and freakier somehow.

2)Mr Green. In the bathroom. With the lotion.

3)I'm trying to think of how Foster's could work this into another commerical.

*sigh* I'm going to hell. Anyway, yeah, that's some twisted stuff. I still can't believe there's a market for this kind of fetish. I'm glad he didn't carry out any of his fantasies or anything, he seems like he was pretty benign, but boy, is he ever gonna be watched for the rest of his life.

[LocNess]

I want to insert some jokes as well, but will just respectfully shake my head and walk off, my faith in humanity a little lessened.

[haxs101]

How the hell you get that many pictures? Lol..

1 hard drive dedicated to his child porn probably -.-

Also, you get in trouble for viewing a website of this shit? I didn't think they even existed without being taken down immediately.

[Shuet]

" [Australia] Man had access to a whopping 18k* worth of Child porn "

Topic makes no sense whatsoever. The report mentions he had 180,000 articles of child pornography and somehow you interpreted that to have a valuation of 18,000 dollars?

[vizzle]

Yeah I don't get the topic title either. O.o

[Deleted]

Is child pornography illegal if it's animated? Really?

oh.. also... put the fucker in prison with the gp and let nature take its course.

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" [Australia] Man had access to a whopping 18k* worth of Child porn "

Topic makes no sense whatsoever. The report mentions he had 180,000 articles of child pornography and somehow you interpreted that to have a valuation of 18,000 dollars?

According to the Nikkei index of child pornography. If you pay attention during the morning news, it's there.

[Grinderofl]

I'm actually wondering, why would anyone give three figs if a man WATCHES cp. The ones that make it should be punished instead, so instead of putting resources on those who watch it and actually achieving nothing, why not put the focus on those who make it. Sure, he may be a pedofile, but until he actually attempts to do something, is he really a criminal?

Plus, why do people make it such a big deal if someone is turned on by that kind of stuff? Everybody has fetishes, plus wasn't it in ancient Rome that it was actually encouraged?

[Snow White]

Is child pornography illegal if it's animated? Really?

Lol, I wonder how many mmo-champion users are deleting their loli pictures right now after reading this thread. That's the same thing as child porn far as I'm concerned.

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I'm actually wondering, why would anyone give three figs if a man WATCHES cp. The ones that make it should be punished instead, so instead of putting resources on those who watch it and actually achieving nothing, why not put the focus on those who make it. Sure, he may be a pedofile, but until he actually attempts to do something, is he really a criminal?

It's illegal to possess it, yes so he is doing something wrong. Plus he's keeping those sick f*cks in business by purchasing it in the first place. He's helping those who exploit children by purchasing this material, how can you not see that?

[Deleted]

I'm actually wondering, why would anyone give three figs if a man WATCHES cp. The ones that make it should be punished instead, so instead of putting resources on those who watch it and actually achieving nothing, why not put the focus on those who make it. Sure, he may be a pedofile, but until he actually attempts to do something, is he really a criminal?

Plus, why do people make it such a big deal if someone is turned on by that kind of stuff? Everybody has fetishes, plus wasn't it in ancient Rome that it was actually encouraged?

Without trying to sound like a pedo-defender, there's an interesting point to be made there.
Regarding child porn of fictional characters, (drawn / animated work) where no real children were involved, how is it illegal?
There are no victims, nobody is hurt, it's just a "sick" fetish like gore or scat. Should we jail people based on what fictional fetishes get them off?

If it's real child porn though, actual videos or images of children, then no sympathies because real children were harmed / involved.

[Toccs]

Without trying to sound like a pedo-defender, there's an interesting point to be made there.
Regarding child porn of fictional characters, (drawn / animated work) where no real children were involved, how is it illegal?
There are no victims, nobody is hurt, it's just a "sick" fetish like gore or scat. Should we jail people based on what fictional fetishes get them off?

If it's real child porn though, actual videos or images of children, then no sympathies because real children were harmed / involved.

It could be the start of a very slippery slope though.

[Niku]

lol, what a waste of time putting this man in jail or even give 2 fucks about him WATCHING Childporn.
Don't get me wrong, I think he's fucking disgusting but the only one that should serve jailtime is the ones responsible for the creation of said childporn.
Arresting this man will serve as nothing but feeding the ignorant, as in this thread, thinking that this sick fuck should be behind bars. Why? He has never hurt any child right? If he has then that's another story. And I don't want to hear any shit about him indirectly hurting the children with his support of childporn. Really? Ok, maybe he is supporting it at a small scale
but it's sooooo insignificant and arresting this man won't do jackshit to stop the production of it.

[Deleted]

Without trying to sound like a pedo-defender, there's an interesting point to be made there.
Regarding child porn of fictional characters, (drawn / animated work) where no real children were involved, how is it illegal?
There are no victims, nobody is hurt, it's just a "sick" fetish like gore or scat. Should we jail people based on what fictional fetishes get them off?

If it's real child porn though, actual videos or images of children, then no sympathies because real children were harmed / involved.

I don't think those are actually illegal, they just mention them. It's the same with those porn stories on the internet, there are many of them regarding incest and underage children and they are not illegal.

[Toccs]

lol, what a waste of time putting this man in jail or even give 2 fucks about him WATCHING Childporn.
Don't get me wrong, I think he's fucking disgusting but the only one that should serve jailtime is the ones responsible for the creation of said childporn.
Arresting this man will serve as nothing but feeding the ignorant, as in this thread, thinking that this sick fuck should be behind bars. Why? He has never hurt any child right? If he has then that's another story. And I don't want to hear any shit about him indirectly hurting the children with his support of childporn. Really? Ok, maybe he is supporting it at a small scale
but it's sooooo insignificant and arresting this man won't do jackshit to stop the production of it.

So with all those images don't you think he shared a few? In arresting this man it sends a message to all those with the same "tastes" in porn to stop and think about what they are doing before downloading and sharing images of that nature.

I think every little bit helps personally.

[Kisho]

To those saying 'why bother arresting this guy, arrest the guys making it': fair enough. But I'd like to think it's step 1 in that goal.

With this guy arrested, hopefully they can trace the credit card payments and track down those responsible. It's all evidence to build a case: the more of it you have, the better. So sure, in the short term arresting this guy may not achieve much; but if it helps bring down a child pornography business somewhere down the road, then that's fantastic.

[StayTuned]

I'm actually wondering, why would anyone give three figs if a man WATCHES cp. The ones that make it should be punished instead, so instead of putting resources on those who watch it and actually achieving nothing, why not put the focus on those who make it. Sure, he may be a pedofile, but until he actually attempts to do something, is he really a criminal?

Plus, why do people make it such a big deal if someone is turned on by that kind of stuff? Everybody has fetishes, plus wasn't it in ancient Rome that it was actually encouraged?

offer and demand. If everyone would stop buying, at least the selling of those pictures/videos would stop. If you pay for something like this you actively encourage this scum to abuse children which is not in the slightest better than abusing the child yourself. At least thats my opinion.
And I also don't think it was that much of an effort to catch that guy. They tracked down an IP adress. Whooohooo. Idiot should have hided behind 7 proxys to be safe.



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I don't think those are actually illegal, they just mention them. It's the same with those porn stories on the internet, there are many of them regarding incest and underage children and they are not illegal.

I once had a thread going on regarding this very topic. Turned out that it's legal in some countries, and illegal in some others. MMO was split into two partys as well. One half said it's disgusting, the other said it's just a fetish... like leather boots.

[Deleted]

To those saying 'why bother arresting this guy, arrest the guys making it': fair enough. But I'd like to think it's step 1 in that goal.

With this guy arrested, hopefully they can trace the credit card payments and track down those responsible.

This in my honest opinion. And something more, people say that there should not be given a f*ck and that the resources should be applied elsewhere, well let me ask you this then: "He was young, he had a Huge amount. He admitted he was arroused by watching it. What if at one point he wanted to expierence it himself?"

Putting this man behind bars could and might have saved a couple of childeren close to him.

[jimmy valmer]

My mind is full of fuck.

Post constructively please.