32 weeks only?
Friday, August 5th, 33-year-old former radio DJ Dee Kosh was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison for sexual offences involving underage boys.
The YouTuber, identified in court records as Darryl Ian Koshy, sought paid sex from four adolescent males between February 2017 and August 2020.
Regarding two of the adolescent victims, he pled guilty in May to attempting to get an indecent act from a minor and contacting with a minor to obtain sexual services.
For sentence, two additional offences relating to the other two victims were examined.
Kosh also acknowledged to secretly filming himself engaging in sexual activity with a victim between the ages of 23 and 25. Two additional counts of creating and possessing pornographic videos were considered for sentence.
The identity of all victims are protected by a gag order.
Previously, Deputy Public Prosecutor Lim Ying Min described Kosh as a "seasoned criminal adept in evading detection" and asserted that his crimes were extremely planned. She requested five to eight months in prison.
The defence attorney Johannes Hadi requested a two-and-a-half-month sentence reduction, stating that his client was sorry and highlighted his excellent recovery chances as assessed by a physician.
In punishment, District Judge Jasvender Kaur emphasized that Kosh disregarded one of the minors' numerous assertions that he was underage.
She further stated that Kosh made measures to conceal his actions.
This included transferring talks with the victims to Telegram and Snapchat, which gave certain privacy options.
She refuted the defense's contention that Kosh did so because he want to conceal his sexual orientation.
The judge stated that Kosh was relentless and attempted to overcome one of his victims' reluctance by encouraging him to consider the money he was giving.
She also stated that Kosh's use of the Internet to perpetrate his crimes was aggravating and that his social media presence was important in locating one of his adolescent victims.
During a video shoot, Kosh had shared a picture of the victim he had observed. The court stated that he anticipated to be able to locate the youngster due to the quantity of social media followers he has.
Judge Kaur also addressed the defense's contention that the court should dismiss the prosecution's references to Kosh's YouTube comments on the matter.
The video that Kosh uploaded on January 26 has already been removed. The prosecution used it to prove that Kosh lacked remorse for his actions, a sentencing element.
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