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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

'Inability to stop': Man allegedly collected 500,000 child abuse files as 'hobby'

Material seized by investigators from the Amaroo home. Picture ACT Policing

A man accused of amassing up to half a million child abuse files in recent years was once busted with what was, at the time, the ACT's largest-ever haul of the illegal material.

"He has 500,000 videos and images on his devices, and simply has an inability to stop doing it," magistrate Robert Cook said on Wednesday, during the case of Michael Stanley Cooper.

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