A Whanganui man has been sentenced to eight months and one week of home detention for possessing an objectionable publication with indecent material and exposing a young person to indecent material.
Keith Richmond was sentenced by Judge Philip Crayton in the Whanganui District Court when he appeared on Thursday.
"Whilst home detention is the appropriate end sentence, there are aspects of it which give rise for concern," the judge said.
"Your risk is assessed as moderate and you should be under no doubt that if you do offend in a similar way in the future, you will be going to prison, and for a significant length of time.
"I acknowledge that you did express also your remorse for those actions, identifying that you were ashamed and disgusted with yourself."