A St Leonards man involved a young person in the production of child exploitation material over an 18-month period, the Launceston Magistrates Court heard.
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Samuel Darren Connell, 24, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of involving a person under the age of 18 years in the production of child exploitation material and a count of possession of child exploitation material.
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The offences occurred between June 1, 2018 and the February 7, 2020, and involved images and videos.
Court documents reveal that Connell did something to facilitate the involvement of a person under the age of 18 in the production of child exploitation material and that he knew or ought to have known that the material is or will be child exploitation material.
Magistrate Simon Brown committed Connell to the Supreme Court in Launceston for sentence on November 15 2021.
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Nick Clark
I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.
I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.
