We have already published a piece of news about the Dutch non-profit organization for the prevention of violence against children, that created a virtual girl named Sweetie which tried to catch out paedophiles online asking children to perform sex acts on a webcam.

Recently, the Brisbane District Court found Scott Robert Hansen guilty of crimes of a sexual nature, who confirmed sending Sweetie his explicit photos and storing child pornography on his computer, thus breaking the law.

At the disposal of the BBC BBC there were recording online communication of Hansen and Sweetie, which shows that the defendant had really been committing sexual acts in the presence of the child.

Under court order, the fact that Hansen’s victim was virtual does not matter. It is enough that he believed Sweetie was a child.

Hansen has been sentenced to two years in prison, but is unlikely to serve the full term of his sentence as he has already served eight months in detention. He will have to serve an intensive correction order for 12 months.

He was sentenced to an intensive corrections order for 12 months as he committed sexual offences.

For the whole period of this project, tens thousands of men came into contact with Sweetie. Data on thousands of potential suspects have been transferred to Interpol and sent to 71 countries.

Source: bbc.co.uk