A man accused of making child pornography with a boy he and his Australian partner purchased in Russia for a reported $8000 was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court in Indiana.According to investigators, dual Australian-American citizen Mark J Newton, 42, and his partner Peter Truong, 36, used a falsified birth certificate listing Newton as the child's biological father to adopt the boy and take him to their home in Cairns in Queensland, Australia. Newton was sentenced to 40 years in an Indiana court, where the videos were found downloaded on a home computer after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges involving possessing child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor.
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Mark J Newton was given 40 years for child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor
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Newton and his partner bought a baby boy for $8000 in Russia in 2005
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Evidence shows sexual abuse occurred before the child was two years old
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The men were arrested in California in 2012
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Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed laws limiting the adoption of Russian children by foreign gay couples
@placeholder postal inspectors worked with federal prosecutors to trace the pornography to its source.
On Sunday, @placeholder approved a ban on giving children any information about gays.