Boksburg 'APE Man' shares naked photos of girlfriend's four-year-old daughter
A Boksburg man will appear in court for manufacturing‚ possession and distribution of child pornography tomorrow‚ 2 October‚ after America's Homeland Security detected his unsavoury online behaviour. Acting on the US tip-off‚ a detective team from Gauteng looking into cases involving sexual exploitation of children yesterday arrested the man at his workplace. The 39-year-old suspect’s laptop was searched.He is accused of taking and posting photos of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter‚ sharing them with users as far as the United States of America."The suspect is alleged to have taken as many as 50 pictures of the victim in naked poses and advertising them online‚ while the child’s mother was oblivious of what her daughter was being subjected to by her boyfriend‚" the SAPS said in a statement.His online alias was known as “APE Man”. During the arrest‚ police also seized three laptops‚ two external hard drives‚ two cell phones‚ three SD cards‚ a mini spy camera‚ a digital audio player and a Playstation console...
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