Adelaide man pleads guilty for crimethink, confesses & is forgiven for downloading a crimethink video.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-23/man-who-downloaded-christchurch-massacre-video-pleads-guilty/100398994Police seized Bassett's computer and hard drives which contained the extremist material and arrested him at his Surrey Downs home.
The court heard Bassett claimed he had not actually viewed the video recently but may have opened it as he went through the computer folder.
Bassett's lawyer Jason Evitts told the court his client did not have any reasonable excuse to possess the material but had downloaded it as a "matter of curiosity".
"He's realised the enormity of having access to this material and possessing it," he said.
"This man accepts the video circulated had disturbing content.
"He fully accepts responsibility for his actions.
"He's deeply embarrassed by it."
Mr Evitts asked Magistrate Simon Smart to spare his client a conviction because it may harm his employment prospects as an apprentice bricklayer.
Bassett provided a letter of apology to the court and a number of character references describing him as "a good member of society" who "does not advocate for this sort of stuff".
The court heard he had no criminal history.