POSSESSING more than 500 pornographic photos of children has resulted in an 18-month suspended sentence for a Nowra man.
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Christopher John William Smith, 40, of Willows Caravan Park, pleaded guilty in Nowra Local Court to owning images of child abuse.
Smith was arrested on July 2 last year after police went to his van to speak to him about possessing child pornography.
Smith showed police his laptop and they saw six photos of children around 10 years of age in suggestive poses and wearing underwear.
A search of the van uncovered seven DVDs with more photos.
Police seized Smith’s laptop, webcam, mobile phone and modem and took him to Nowra Police Station.
They viewed the discs at the station and saw photos of two young Asian girls, also about 10, completely naked and performing sexual acts on each other.
Smith admitted to owning child pornography and said he realised it was illegal.
When asked why he had it, he told police he was interested in young girls’ clothing as he collected dolls and got ideas for their fashions from the photos.
