JACOBUS Pieter de Wet (43) was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the KwaDukuza Regional Court after pleading guilty to the possession of child pornography.
In June last year, De Wet was delivering magazines to a chain store in Ballito when he left his cell phone on the counter.
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The staff who found the phone, accessed it in order to track its owner.
It was then discovered that there were 420 images of child pornography on the phone.
These were inappropriate images of unknown children, ranging from ages three months to 16 years.
Some images depicted adults engaging in sexual acts with these children.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Natasha Kara, said the personal details on the phone together with CCTV footage, confirmed De Wet’s identity and he was arrested.
Regional court prosecutor Paul Nel told the court that De Wet had two previous convictions, one of sexual grooming and the other of theft.
De Wet conceded he had a problem with child pornography and that he was unable to stop himself.
The court ordered that his name be entered into the national register of sex offenders.
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