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10 April 2008
Media Release
Melbourne man charged with child pornography
offences
A 23-year-old Mount Dandenong man will appear in Melbourne Magistrates
Court this afternoon after being charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP)
with child pornography offences.
Federal Agents from the AFP Child Protection Operations Team executed a
search warrant at the man’s residential address today.
During the execution of the search warrant a computer allegedly containing
images of child abuse material was found and seized.
AFP agents charged the man with use of a carriage service to access child
pornography material under the Criminal Code Act 1995 and one count of
possessing child pornography under the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic).
The maximum penalty for these offences is five and 10 years imprisonment
respectively.
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