A resident of Kyiv region recruited minor girls with the aim of exploiting them in child pornography.

He was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

This is

by the Prosecutor General's Office.

"The prosecutor proved that during the years 2013-2020, the photographer who worked on holidays in kindergartens in one of the cities of the Kyiv region, using the trust of educators, was left alone with minor girls. During all this time, the man produced about 10 thousand photos and video files of child pornography." , the message says.

The convict also used the vulnerable state of minor children for exploitation in the porn industry.

In fact, he paid the girls for these services from UAH 100 to UAH 300.

In total, 43 children suffered at the hands of the offender.

"On the basis of the court verdict, information about the citizen is subject to entry into the Unified Register of Persons Convicted of Crimes Against Sexual Freedom and Sexual Inviolability of Minors. At the prosecutor's request, the digital computer equipment and photo equipment seized from the convicted person were confiscated into state income for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," added the Prosecutor General's Office.

We will remind you that in  the summer of last year in the

region, a woman doused her husband's acquaintance with gasoline and set fire to it due to jealousy.

According to the court's decision, the woman was imprisoned for six years.

The suspect will be under house arrest until the verdict becomes final

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