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A New Zealand man who paid mothers in Asia to have their children dance naked on webcam for him has been jailed.
Jason Wayne Kerr, 45, was handed a sentence of three years and nine months behind bars in the Nelson District Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges relating to child sexual exploitation material spanning thousands of images on multiple devices. over a period of seven years.
The pedophile tried to claim that he had not seen the worst images and videos he had, but the judge did not accept anything.
‘If you get this, then you will get what’s in it. It makes no sense to say “that part is horrible, I didn’t look at it,” Judge David Ruth told the court, according to the New Zealand Herald.
“I don’t believe it for a moment.”
Jason Wayne Kerr, 45, was handed a sentence of three years and nine months behind bars in the Nelson District Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges relating to child sexual exploitation material spanning thousands of images on multiple devices. over a period of seven years (archive image)
Kerr paid several Asian mothers to have their children strip naked and dance in front of the camera for him to watch (pictured: Nelson District Court)
In April 2018, Kerr accessed a collection of child sexual abuse material containing 178 photographs and 508 videos.
Four of the videos contained the appalling abuse of an 18-month-old child allegedly committed by an Australian offender living in the Philippines at the time.
In March 2021, Kerr installed a messaging app on his phone that contained an in-app currency, called diamonds, which could be purchased with a credit card.
Over an eight-month period, Kerr spent $794.72 ($A731) on diamonds which he exchanged for video clips of women across Southeast Asia.
Kerr paid several mothers to have their children strip naked and dance in front of the camera for him to watch.
Kerr’s defense attorney tried to argue that he had only requested to see the children naked on a few occasions and that he was more interested in watching them juggle or sing.
Police raided Kerr’s home in October 2021 and confiscated two phones and a laptop.
They found almost 8,000 images and videos, dozens of which were classified at the most extreme end of the scale, related to sadism or bestiality.
The judge reduced his sentence from six years and three months to three years and three months due to his guilty pleas, personal circumstances and his cooperation with authorities.
Kerr is now a registered sex offender due to the “real and genuine risk” he poses to the safety of children.