A Christchurch man has avoided jail time, for a range of offences involving child sex abuse images.
Truck driver Vincenzo Tyrone Wiremu, 24, pleaded guilty to 41 charges of making, distributing and possessing objectionable images, videos and texts depicting the sexual exploitation and abuse of children as young as toddlers.
The Rolleston man has been sentenced to two years intensive supervision and has been ordered to attend the STOP programme for sexual offenders.
Wiremu was first investigated by the Department of Internal Affairs after he uploaded the 20 videos to a storage website in 2015.
It was then discovered he was distributing pictures of the children online, encouraging traders to gain access to his password-protected albums.
Judge Jane Farish said two of the girls had their pictures traded in a way that ruined their lives, with ongoing attempts by sex offenders to locate and contact them.
A 5 ½ year imprisonment was recommended by Internal Affairs prosecutor, Marty Robinson. However Judge Farish instead opted for a supervision order on recommendation from a psychologist.
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