- Defendant
- Luke Michael Hilton
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Persistent sexual abuse of a child
- Jurisdiction
- ACT Supreme Court, Australia
- Date
- 2025-12-01
- Sentence
- 3 years' imprisonment (12 months' pre-sentence custody credited; balance suspended on a good-behaviour order)
Summary
Luke Michael Hilton was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court after pleading guilty to persistent sexual abuse of a child. According to the reporting, the contact originated on Reddit in April 2024, after which Hilton abused the child notwithstanding her having disclosed that she was a minor. A police search of his home recovered material on his phone that was assessed as child exploitation material. Justice Belinda Baker imposed the sentence.