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Defence barrister James Sheridan said the offending was disturbing and abhorrent to any right-minded individual . He said his client was involved in a social media group, described as being altruistic in nature , whose members had sent him the material. He stupidly got caught up with this group that shared those videos in the hope the children can be identified, he said. Mr Sheridan argued for his client not to serve any jail time, saying his poor health conditions would be detrimental to the purpose of jail time. The barrister said his client should receive a lenient sentence because no encryption was involved, he did not request the material, and did not derive pleasure from the videos.
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Subscriber only An Extinction Rebellion protester has been cleared of obstructing police after a judge found the force used during her arrest was not reasonably necessary. Emma Jade Dorge was charged during a climate change protest in the Brisbane CBD in August 2019. Dorge was part of a group who sat down in the middle of a city intersection. Emma Dorge being removed from an Extinction Rebellion protest in Brisbane s CBD in December. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled After being forcibly removed from the road she was charged with being a pedestrian causing an obstruction and obstructing police.
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