A Sydney man has dodged jail time after pleading guilty to accessing and possessing more than 22,000 files of child abuse material.

David Dakessian, also known as David Fannoun, faced Sydney’s Central Court on Friday to be sentenced on a single count each of using of using a carriage service to access child abuse material and possessing child abuse material .

Facing a maximum sentence of 30 years imprisonment, the 21-year-old appeared dejected from inside the courtroom’s glass dock until he was granted a two-year recognizance release order — an order that keeps him out of jail but requires him to be of good behaviour.

Dakessian had a number of supporters in court, one of whom appeared to faint from relief after the judge confirmed he was staying out of prison.

Dakessian exhaled in

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