A Queensland man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after pleading guilty to seven child abuse offences.

The 45-year-old North Lakes man was arrested in June 2024, after the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a tip-off from the FBI about an Australian sending and receiving sexually explicit online content involving a child.

A search warrant was executed on his home, where police seized a phone and other devices containing child abuse material.

Police also found evidence the man had live-streamed himself abusing a child which was then shared with others through an encrypted chat platform.

He pleaded guilty to seven offences including one count of possessing child abuse material and two counts of using a carriage service to transmit child abuse.

The man was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday and will serve a minimum of seven years and six months before being eligible for parole.

He has also been charged with domestic violence offences by Queensland police, which remain before the court.

The ACCCE was set up in 2018 and is part of a world-leading approach to combating child exploitation by utilising specialist skills and expertise.

AFP Commander Joanne Cameron said cases like these were prioritised by police to end the harm to children.

“Children are among the most vulnerable members of our community and law enforcement work tirelessly to pursue offenders who prey on that innocence for their own sexual gratification,” said Commander Cameron.

“Police are sophisticated in our detection methods — if you are going online to transmit, view or possess child abuse material, you will be identified, and you will be caught.”