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Written by
Bill Doogue
Criminal Defence Lawyer


Sexual Offences
A Case Study: Possession of Child pornography
Date: 01/09/2009
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The Name of the Offence


Possession of Child pornography

Place of the event


Frankston

The court attended


County Court
Acting Solicitor: Bill Doogue

Facts of the Case


Accused was caught with thousands of images of child porn and videos on his computer. The images ranged from the most extreme imaginable to videos of similar sorts of acts.

There was a lot of psychological evidence shown to the Court to establish that the accused was someone who had a huge number of psychological issues. This impacted on his moral culpability and also his ability to withstand a gaol term.

Results Achieved


He was placed on a CBO to attend a sex offenders course.
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