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Snow Train in town About 500 passengers were travelling aboard the Snow Train as it travelled through Pakenham over the weekend. Local resident Reg Casey was able to capture the train as it journeyed through town. STORY PAGE 3 The Snow Train travelling through Pakenham on Saturday 13 August. 294682
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Online man jailed · ·
child abuse material accessed or · Possessing obtained using a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22A of the Criminal Code Act 1995(Cth). He was sentenced on Friday to a total effective sentence of two years and six months imprisonment. It was ordered that he is to be released after serving nine months imprisonment on a Recognisance Release Order. AFP detective superintendent Simone Butcher said the result should serve as a warning to anyone involved in the exploitation of children.
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“The AFP, together with our law enforcement partners are dedicated to fighting child sexual abuse and bringing those who commit these offences before the court,” she said. “Our investigators are relentless in their pursuit of anyone sharing or accessing child abuse material. “However, we will always need the community’s help to ensure we are effective in identifying victims and perpetrators. “If you have information that could help law enforcement, please contact the ACCCE at accce.gov.au/report.” Continued page 2
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The Victorian JACET, comprising members from AFP and Victoria Police, linked the Pakenham man to the illegal online activity. A search warrant was executed at his home on 13 October 2021, with investigators seizing a laptop and mobile phone, which were found to contain child abuse material. The man was convicted of the following charges: Solicit child abuse material using a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22(1)(a)(iv); Transmit child abuse material using a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22(1) (a)(iii); and
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A Pakenham man has been convicted and jailed for two and a half years over child abuse related offences, following a Victorian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) investigation. The man, aged 25, was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court on Friday 12 August after pleading guilty to three charges relating to child abuse material being possessed, transmitted and solicited online. The investigation began when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report about a social media user transmitting and storing child abuse material across several platforms.