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Ōamaru apprentice jailed for child sexual abuse material offences

A 20-year-old butcher has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for possessing and creating tens of thousands of child exploitation files.

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Bailey Phillips, an Ōamaru apprentice butcher aged 20, was sentenced to three years and nine months after thousands of objectionable files were discovered on his devices. The material included videos he created himself, some involving sexual activity with animals. The case involved both the possession and creation of child sexual abuse material.

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Butcher, 20, jailed after tens of thousands of child exploitation files found

A 20-year-old apprentice butcher who amassed tens of thousands of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse and exploitation of children has been jailed for three years and nine months.

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1News

Otago apprentice jailed for creating, sharing child sexual abuse material

Bailey Phillips, 20, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after thousands of objectionable files were uncovered on his devices, including videos he created himself.

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NZ Herald

Ōamaru butcher Bailey Phillips jailed for three years nine months over child abuse material

Some of the material created by Bailey Phillips involved sexual activity with animals.

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