Brisbane man first person to be sentenced for possessing child-like sex dolls

A Brisbane man has become the first person in the state to be sentenced for possessing child-like sex dolls under Commonwealth laws targeting child abuse related offences.

The 46-year-old Riverhills man was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, to be released immediately on a two-year $2000 good behaviour bond, after police found six child-like sex dolls in his house.

Police also found a laptop at the house that contained child abuse material.

Investigators were alerted after Australian Border Force officers detected a child-like sex doll in a shipment from China on January 20, 2020.

The man was found guilty on…