'Degrading': deepfake porn offender spared time in jail

Key points

• An Adelaide man has been spared jail time for creating degrading deepfake images of a teenager he was obsessed with. William Hamish Yeates, 20, was the first person prosecuted under federal laws introduced in 2024 against adult deepfake pornography.
• In the South Australian District Court, Judge Anne Barnett sentenced him to two years and three months in prison, suspended on a three-year, $500 good behaviour bond. The judge said the material was disseminated online and could reach a large audience indefinitely.
• She ordered Yeates to pay the victim's medical expenses and forfeit seized devices.