A former member of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been sentenced to seven years' jail for online child abuse offences against 10 girls in Australia and two other countries.

Warning: This story contains details of child sexual abuse that may distress some readers.

The man, known as BH for legal reasons, was arrested on March 25, 2024 at a caravan park on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.

The arrest followed a NSW Police investigation that stemmed from a tip-off from the New Jersey State Police in the United States.

On January 29, 2024 New Jersey State Police detectives conducted an operation in which an officer posed as a 13-year-old girl online and exchanged text messages with BH on KIK Messenger.

BH told the undercover officer that he was based in Australia.

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