SA man gets 10 years for ‘disgusting’ child porn collection

20 November 2019 - 08:00 By TANIA BROUGHTON
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A Durban man has been sentenced for being in possession of child pornographic images and videos.
A Durban man has been sentenced for being in possession of child pornographic images and videos.
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A 55-year-old Durban man has begun serving an effective 10-year prison sentence for possession of about 20,000 images and videos of child pornography.

This is time he might use to reflect on why the magistrate was not impressed by his explanation that he had been sexually abused as a child and was “looking for answers”.

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