CANBERRA, ACT, June 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

A West Australian man has been sentenced by the Bunbury Magistrates Court to a maximum of two years and six months' imprisonment for soliciting, transmitting and possessing child abuse material.

The man, 23, was sentenced yesterday (15 June, 2026) and ordered to serve a minimum of 10 months in custody.

He will then be eligible to be released on a recognisance order to be of good behaviour for 18 months.

The Withers man had previously pleaded guilty to:

* One count of using a carriage service to solicit child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth);* Two counts of using a carriage service to procure a person under 16 ...