The jury has retired to deliberate on allegations that a man groomed a child for sex, sent her graphic images of himself, and photoshopped her face onto a naked body.
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The 33-year-old, who cannot be named, is facing five charges in the ACT Supreme Court relating to child grooming, using the internet to cause child pornography, transmitting pornography and sending offensive material.
The pair exchanged a series of messages, via email, text and MSN chat after the man met the 15-year-old girl through a theatre group in 2009.
He was sent images of the girl in her school uniform, bikini and underwear, as well as some that showed her exposing her breasts.
He photoshopped flowers to surround an image of the girl, something he described as an "artistic endeavour".
The man is also accused of sending two graphic images of himself to the girl.
He is fighting the charges, and says he thought the girl was an adult.
He said he was only made aware of her age when she was close to her 16th birthday.
The defendant said the explicit messages were part of a conversation that had taken the form of a collaborative fantasy story set in an enchanted forest being discussed by two creative writers.
The jury was sent out to begin their deliberations early Thursday afternoon.