Gumleaf
July 4th, 2008, 01:38 AM
14:23 AEST Fri Jul 4 2008
A 35-year-old Perth man has been jailed for having sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on the internet and persuaded to pose for explicit photos.
On Friday, mechanic Jason Paul Anza was sentenced to 34 months, with a non-parole period of 17 months, after pleading to numerous charges of indecent dealings with a minor.
Anza had digital and oral sex with the teenager in a car and at a friend's home in October 2006, where they took the girl after he met her on the adult chat website Red Hot Pie.
The girl, who called herself sexy blonde 123, posted her age on the website as 20 years old.
The court was told Anza had rung the family when he had doubts about the girl's stated age, and had been told by her brother that she was 14.
Prosecutor Paul Yovich said Anza "went crazy" with the camera during the sex acts, and took almost 60 photos, including extremely close photographs of the girl's genitalia.
Anza's 37-year-old accomplice has since been tried for his crimes and served part of a 26-month sentence before being released on parole.
Defence lawyer Con Heliotis said Anza had not succeeded in having vaginal sex with the girl because he was impotent.
His isolated and neglected childhood meant he had never had a meaningful relationship with an adult woman, apart from his partner of 15 years at the time of the offences, a trained clinical psychologist.
He had helped to parent the woman's child over the previous 16 years and was known to her as her father, Mr Heliotis said.
Anza had pleaded guilty to 11 counts of sexual penetration, attempted sexual penetration, indecent dealing with a minor, indecently recording a minor and procuring a child to have sex with him.
Sentencing Anza, Judge Henry Wisbey said both Anza and his friend had been involved in two days of sex acts with the girl, apparently with her consent.
He said Anza had been suspicious of the girl's age but did not really care when he discovered she was only 14.
A 35-year-old Perth man has been jailed for having sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on the internet and persuaded to pose for explicit photos.
On Friday, mechanic Jason Paul Anza was sentenced to 34 months, with a non-parole period of 17 months, after pleading to numerous charges of indecent dealings with a minor.
Anza had digital and oral sex with the teenager in a car and at a friend's home in October 2006, where they took the girl after he met her on the adult chat website Red Hot Pie.
The girl, who called herself sexy blonde 123, posted her age on the website as 20 years old.
The court was told Anza had rung the family when he had doubts about the girl's stated age, and had been told by her brother that she was 14.
Prosecutor Paul Yovich said Anza "went crazy" with the camera during the sex acts, and took almost 60 photos, including extremely close photographs of the girl's genitalia.
Anza's 37-year-old accomplice has since been tried for his crimes and served part of a 26-month sentence before being released on parole.
Defence lawyer Con Heliotis said Anza had not succeeded in having vaginal sex with the girl because he was impotent.
His isolated and neglected childhood meant he had never had a meaningful relationship with an adult woman, apart from his partner of 15 years at the time of the offences, a trained clinical psychologist.
He had helped to parent the woman's child over the previous 16 years and was known to her as her father, Mr Heliotis said.
Anza had pleaded guilty to 11 counts of sexual penetration, attempted sexual penetration, indecent dealing with a minor, indecently recording a minor and procuring a child to have sex with him.
Sentencing Anza, Judge Henry Wisbey said both Anza and his friend had been involved in two days of sex acts with the girl, apparently with her consent.
He said Anza had been suspicious of the girl's age but did not really care when he discovered she was only 14.