The Australian Federal Police has charged a Kingswood man with allegedly abusing a child to produce child abuse material.
The AFP Child Protection Operations team charged the man earlier this month after executing a search warrant at his Kingswood home.
Police allegedly identified the man following a report from the United States’ National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about an Australian user transmitting child abuse material online.
The AFP will allege the man abused a child known to him and produced and uploaded child abuse material to online forums.
The man was arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated use of a child under 14 years to make child abuse material, contrary to section 91G(3) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW); one count of sexually touching a child under 10, contrary to section 66DA(a) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW); and one count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code (Cth).
The maximum penalties for the offences are 20 years, 16 years and 15 years’ imprisonment respectively.
The man did not apply for bail when he appeared in the Parramatta Local Court and was remanded in custody until his next appearance at Penrith Local Court on November 8.
AFP Detective Superintendent Peter Fogarty said producing child abuse material was an abhorrent crime.
“These children are real people and not commodities to be used for the grotesque gratification of predators,” Fogarty said.
“The AFP, together with its state and territory law enforcement partners, remains committed to protecting our community’s most vulnerable.”
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