Michael Corbett groomed and abused a Melton South boy as well as multiple children overseas in what the judge called “persistent, predatory” offending when sentencing him to 11 years in jail.
A man was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a child in Melbourne, as well as multiple children procured through an organised paedophile network operating overseas.
The man responsible for facilitating the abuse in the Philippines was arrested by the country’s national police force in February 2019, which lead to the rescue of six children. Judge Anne Hassan detailed Corbett’s long history of sexual abuse, which had spanned several decades when sentencing him on Tuesday.
The victim said since the abuse began he had lived in deep and resounding fear. He said Corbett turned his childhood into a place of neglect, fear and a constant state of powerlessness.
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