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Man jailed for child sex offences in Philippines A MORNINGTON man is in jail following what police describe as a “landmark” child exploitation case. The 57-year-old was arrested after Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team detectives raided his home in September. The case is the first to be presented before a Victorian court relating to charges of producing child exploitation material outside Australia. Acting Sergeant Paul Turner, of the police media unit, said the case highlighted the high level of investigative expertise of the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team who target child sexual exploitation offences internationally. The arrest ended a year-long investigation into the man’s production and possession of child pornography, following
Jailed over siege THE man at the centre of the Rye siege last December has been jailed for three years. Colin Wade Gower, 69, of Rye, held his estranged wife, and a co-worker, hostage for seven hours in a Point Nepean Rd cafe, causing mayhem for weekend shoppers. He was armed with two low-calibre hand guns. Angry traders later said they missed out on thousands of dollars in trade after specialist tactical police shut their shops and cordoned off the area. Gower pleaded guilty in the County Court to five charges. The court was told he repeatedly threatened to kill his wife – who he believed had a boyfriend – while reading from notebooks he called “ramblings of an angry man”. The siege ended peacefully when Gower handed Emergencies Acute himself in. He had noand relevant prior convictions Injury Clinic and reportedly suffered PTSD due to a traumatic childhood. He Carrum will be eligible for parole in 18 we months. At Downs Doctors believe that
visits to the Philippines 2012-2015, where he took nude photos of a young girl and two teenage girls. Investigators found more than 2700 child exploitation images on the man’s electronic devices. The man pleaded guilty at the Melbourne County Court and was sentenced to 21 months jail for producing child exploitation material outside Australia and accessing and making available child exploitation material in Australia. The man will be released after serving 15 months and then serve an 18 months community corrections order for possessing child exploitation material. He may alsoGeneral have to pay $1500 recognisance.
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