This is an interesting decision.
I know we are all about innocence until proven guilty but they found pictures of this guy with his daughter, presumably sufficiently dodgy as to warrant a mention. And the reason for bail is that his business will fail if he isn’t released.
Mr Lawton said the defendant had co-operated fully with authorities, and would be foolish to attempt to reoffend while he was under such intense scrutiny.
“If the man is silly enough to use the internet for anything other than work purposes, he can expect to have the AFP knocking on his door within minutes,” he said.
The court heard his IT business would fail without his skills and knowledge, or if he was banned completely from using the internet,
Magistrate Peter Morrison released the man on bail on strict conditions, including that he not contact his daughters or his wife.
He must report details of all his internet use to the AFP and notify of any plans to go interstate.
He is not allowed to be in the presence of any children without an adult.
Earlier this week, the man was refused bail over fears he may interfere with evidence. At that stage, authorities were still attempting to access a Hushmail email account, a secure and heavily encrypted service based in Canada.
Story via Canberra Times.
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