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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Jail term for man who told undercover cop about child abuse hopes

Newcastle courthouse, where James Kendall Newton was sentenced on May 30. File picture

A NEWCASTLE man who unwittingly told an undercover police officer about sexual acts he wished to perform on a child - believing he was speaking with the mother of a young girl - has been given a two-and-a-half-year jail term.

James Kendall Newton, 42, was sentenced in Newcastle District Court on Thursday afternoon for trying to procure a child under 16 for sex, and for transmitting child abuse material.

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