{"id":28013,"date":"2025-09-17T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28013\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:05:08","slug":"auckland-man-todd-williams-jailed-over-thousands-of-child-abuse-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28013\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland man Todd Williams jailed over thousands of child abuse images"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Court<\/p>\n

\nPhoto: RNZ\/Marika Khabazi\n<\/p>\n

An Auckland man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for possessing nearly 9000 images of child sexual exploitation material.<\/p>\n

It comes after an investigation from the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) and an international law enforcement agency into the sale of child sexual exploitation material through a social media app.<\/p>\n

Todd Keith Laurance Dale Williams, 30, pleaded guilty to four charges of knowingly possessing child exploitation material after being found with 8928 images and videos across multiple devices and accounts.<\/p>\n

It included photos and videos of adults sexually abusing babies and children.<\/p>\n

In early 2023, Williams was a person of interest in the investigation, and later, DIA received a report from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about an objectionable video uploaded to social media.<\/p>\n

The account responsible for uploading the file was attributed to Williams.<\/p>\n

DIA Digital Child Exploitation Team manager Tim Houston said those who download this material perpetuated the crimes committed against those children.<\/p>\n

“Every image and video possessed by this offender depicts a crime scene, and the worst moment in a child’s life,” he said.<\/p>\n

“DIA works closely with partners here in New Zealand and overseas to take a proactive role to\u202fidentify and prosecute New Zealanders who trade objectionable\u202fmaterial to ensure children are not revictimised by those seeking to derive sickening gratification from their suffering.”<\/p>\n

The devices Williams used to store and access the child sexual exploitation material will be destroyed, by order of the Judge.<\/p>\n

Williams was sentenced at the Auckland District Court to three years and seven months imprisonment and was ordered to register as a child sex offender.<\/p>\n

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