British Citizen Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Charges

WASHINGTON - A British citizen was sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography. Simon Jasper McCarty, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright of the District of Hawaii. In addition to his prison sentence, McCarty was sentenced to serve lifetime supervised release and pay $98,458 in restitution. On Jan. 10, 2012, McCarty pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography. At the time of the plea colloquy, McCarty admitted that between 2005 and 2007, he molested three different prepubescent boys outside of the United States and produced videos of the molestation. McCarty was apprehended on Aug. 5, 2008, when he attempted to fly from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu with computer media that contained child pornography. A forensics examination of the media revealed approximately 400 still images and nearly 200 videos of child pornography. Approximately 60 of the videos featured the three minors who were molested by McCarty. McCarty brought the computer media with him when he flew from the United Kingdom to Hawaii on July 28, 2008.