Man living in a caravan is charged with sending child pornography over Instagram and Facebook messenger after the social media sites tip off police
- Ernest Henry Yardley, 33, has been accused of possessing child pornography
- Police began investigating the Canberra man after tip-offs from Instagram
- Yardley was charged with five counts of possessing child exploitation material
A man has been accused of possessing child pornography after tip-offs from Facebook and Instagram.
Ernest Henry Yardley, 33, faced the ACT magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with five counts of possessing child exploitation material.
Social media platforms alerted police to the explicit material allegedly being sent by Mr Yardley to other users, court documents showed.
A man has been accused of possessing child pornography after tip-offs from Facebook and Instagram (stock image)
The Australian Federal Police launched an investigation after it received a report from the US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, ABC reported.
Federal Police allegedly used Mr Yardley’s social media accounts to track him down.
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Police allege when they searched a caravan in south Canberra they found items including a mobile phone, hard-drive and a laptop with a storage card.
Child exploitation material was allegedly found on five devices, including the mobile phone.
Ernest Henry Yardley, 33, faced the ACT magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with five counts of possessing child exploitation material (stock image)
Mr Yardley told police he had looked at pornography but did not know how the material featuring children got onto his phone.
The court heard Mr Yardley suffered several mental health conditions and was socially isolated.
He was granted bail and will reappear in court in late February.
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