{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0510","record_version":1,"title":"Christchurch man jailed for AI-generated child exploitation mash-up","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":42.8,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":2.56,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":0,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"ecb1d2e8ac36d8030479c1a28c3723c143c8336a204f9fd5faa44823883cb59d"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-04-22","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"third_party","summary":"A Christchurch man used AI apps downloaded to his two phones to create images and videos that superimposed children's faces onto adult bodies in sexual acts. The phones were left behind at home, and his partner at the time opened one, saw the material and went to police. A digital forensics unit identified 601 images and 29 videos as objectionable across the two devices. He was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on two representative charges of knowingly making objectionable publications. The judge described the offending as promoting the sexual exploitation of children, and imposed 18 months in prison with leave to apply for home detention. The judge was not satisfied that child sex offender registration was appropriate. 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No date of offending and no year for the discovery ('last September') is stated. Sentencing date is given only as 'last month' with no exact date. The AI apps are not named, so no model, developer, harness or version is recorded. No agent was involved, so no autonomy, failure class or agent fields are set. No controls were stated as held, failed or missing, so links are empty and no remediation is recorded. Judgements made: trigger set to human_misuse because the person created the material himself; detection set to third_party because the partner found it; date_disclosed uses the press publication date 2026-04-22; country NZ taken from the Christchurch District Court; severity minor and harm_class none_materialised based on the judge's finding of no evidence of distribution; RK12 chosen as the only risk. The sentence stating the material did not show a real child was not quoted verbatim because it contains embedded quote marks, so that fact is not recorded as a field. 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