A Tasmanian father who used Snapchat and WhatsApp to coerce underage girls into sending sexually explicit images and videos will spend at least 15 months in jail.From November 2019 to June 2020, Samuel Christopher Norris used the two mobile phone apps to groom four girls, who were aged from 14 to 16.Two lived in Tasmania, one in NSW and the other in America.One of the girls, aged 15 at the time, sent him a picture of her naked with the words “Daddy’s Girl” and “15 today” written on her body.The pair exchanged 4300 text and video messages over a fortnight in June, with Norris becoming jealous of her speaking to other boys.Norris, 33, who was aware the girls were underage, used the name Mike on Snapchat and Santa Clause on WhatsApp and told them he was younger than his actual age.He sent the girls sexually explicit images and videos of himself and coached them to do the same.He was on Friday sentenced in Hobart Supreme Court to three years and three months’ jail, although nine months was suspended.Norris was granted a non-parole period of half the operational sentence.Justice David Porter said Norris’ actions were deliberate and purely for sexual gratification.He…
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Tas father groomed girls on social media
