2026-02-03
'Technically proficient' pensioner caught with over 55k child abuse images and videos
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Orla Crowe said Syms was an "active cog" in the wheel of the distribution of this material. Judge Crowe noted that Syms had completed a "considerable amount of work" towards rehabilitation, but that a custodial sentence must be imposed.