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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Toby Vue

Man jailed for 'library of child abuse material' after accessing it across decades

A man who admitted to accessing child abuse material online spanning two decades despite being punished for a similar offence in 2002 has been sentenced to nearly 7.5 years' jail for having what is described as a "library" of such material.

Matthew James Carlyle Minson was sentenced by the ACT Supreme Court on Monday to an aggregate jail term of seven years and four months after pleading guilty to five counts of using a carriage service to obtain child abuse material.

He also pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to access.

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