Man on porn charges involving his twin girls, 8

A 44-YEAR-old man charged with distributing pornography featuring his 8-year-old twin daughters made a brief appearance in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The man, who is from Lorraine in Port Elizabeth, cannot be named to protect the identity of his children.

The father is facing three charges relating to the creation, distribution and possession of child pornography, which fall under a schedule five offence. He was arrested in November 2016, by members of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit.

The man previously indicated that he intended to plead guilty to the charges.

The case was postponed yesterday for it be transferred to a regional court.

Both his lawyer and the State prosecutor were unavailable to attend court proceedings. According to the charge sheet, the man allegedly took pictures sexually exploiting his twin daughters and distributed naked images of them online.

The charge sheet also reads that the man was allegedly found in possession of child and baby pornography stored on his laptop.

He has no previous convictions or pending cases against him and is out on bail of R10 000.

The case was postponed until October 9. – African News Agency (ANA)