Home detention after victimising children
Home detention after victimising children
Objectionable images encouraged an
underground industry that victimised children and adults,
Auckland District Court Judge, Philippa Cunningham said
today. She sentenced Barry Frank Moriarty, 58, of Mt
Albert, to nine months’ home detention and 100 hours’
community work after he pleaded guilty to one representative
charge of distribution and 14 charges of possession of
objectionable publications – videos of bestiality, violent
rape and child sexual abuse.
In August 2011 Moriarty opened a file sharing programme within his home computer on the Internet and, soon after, an Internal Affairs’ investigator downloaded three objectionable files. The investigator tracked Moriarty to his home and seized his computer equipment for forensic analysis, uncovering a number of objectionable files and history of accessing child abuse material.
Internal Affairs’ Community Safety
Manager, Steve O’Brien, supported the Judge’s comment
that this was not a victimless crime:
“Any sexual offence involving a child is disturbing but, by distributing pictures of the assault, the victim is victimized again and again every time their photo turns up on the Internet. The abused child carries this awful burden into adulthood.
“People who download this material perpetuate this nasty industry, providing traders with a ready market for the crimes committed against these young children.
“If you deal in this material you can expect to get caught. We have dedicated inspectors with the expertise to catch offenders.”
Ends