Social media used in sex offending
A man who used social media to try to coerce six young women to provide him with sexual images and movies, has pleaded guilty to eight charges in the Christchurch District Court.
Twenty-six-year-old Christopher Lance Keenan also met up with two under-aged girls and had unprotected sex with them in a park.
He admitted charges of obtaining possession of images and videos by deception, two charges of intentionally exposing a young person to indecent material by Facebook Messenger, two charges of causing serious emotional distress by posting a series of Facebook messages, and three charges of sexual connection on two girls aged under 16.
The police said the offending started in February 2015 when Keenan arranged for an 18-year-old to send him photos and videos for $1700. She supplied them but was never paid.
In September 2015 Keenan communicated with a young girl through a PlayStation game. He repeatedly encouraged her to send a naked picture of herself to him, and when she refused he put pressure on her.
In October Keenan started threatening another woman by private message. He sent her several messages which she did not reply to, and then she received more messages from another Facebook profile Keenan had set up, saying she would be kidnapped and tortured on live webcam until she died.
At separate times Keenan met with two under-aged girls he had groomed on Facebook. They went to a Christchurch park, where he had intercourse with them. He took a video of them and pressured them to provide more naked images.
One refused, but the other sent him two images, which he said he would pay her for.
Another victim in Australia was threatened by Keenan, and his alias Jade McKenzie, to send him sexual photos, and telling her he would track her down if she didn’t.
A Blenheim under-age girl who refused to send photos was told, “You should never mess with a hacker, you have just got yourself in lots of s—t.”
Judge Tom Gilbert remanded Keenan in custody to a Crown sentencing on December 13. He said restorative justice would not be appropriate as some of Keenan’s victims didn’t live in New Zealand, and some were very young.
He read him the first of the three strike warnings for repeat violent and sexual offenders.
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