A 42-year-old man has been charged over alleged online sexual exploitation of a 9-year-old girl after a tip-off from Canadian police led to his arrest.
“I love children but I don’t love them in that sense,” Darke told MailOnline.
“I’ve done some stupid things and I’ve said some stupid things. Those conversations, I did say some stupid things but none of them were real.
“Saying something and actually taking it further and acting on it are two different things,” he added.
“I don’t want to say it’s a joke or it’s a game but I wasn’t saying any of this stuff in a very serious way,” Darke told the news website.
“I just hope that I can get across that saying something and actually going ahead and doing something are two different things.”
Investigators executed a search warrant on a home unit in Sydney where laptops, mobile phones, electronic storage devices and an extendable baton were seized.Darke was charged with two counts of using a carriage service for child pornography, using a carriage service for sexual activity with a person under 16 years, and possessing a prohibited weapon, reported the news website.
On Tuesday, the local court granted him strict conditional bail. He is scheduled to next appear in court on May 1.
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