The town of Katherine, in Australia's Northern Territory, has a population of around 6000 people. Photo / Getty ImagesWadsworth’s interactions included engaging in sexually explicit conversations and sending sexually explicit photos to a Kik user who claimed to be 13 years old, while receiving child abuse material from the same user. In addition, Wadsworth also accessed child abuse material files transmitted by a Session application user and engaged in another sexually explicit conversation with a Kik user, which involved the sharing of text-based child abuse material and discussions about sexual violence against children. The document says watching pornography and using the internet to seek out sexually explicit content was normalised during Wadsworth’s time at boarding school, leading to an unhealthy porn addiction. Wadsworth was sentenced in Darwin's Northern Territory Supreme Court on January 14.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 05, 2026 19:02 UTC