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A Canberra man has been handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence after exposing his genitals to a nine-year-old girl, buying her a vibrator, and showing her pornographic material on his laptop. The 54-year-old man was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday by Justice Richard Refshauge, who said no punishment other than a term of imprisonment would be appropriate. The man pleaded not guilty to committing an act of indecency in the presence of a child but was found guilty by a jury in September. He was acquitted of 13 other charges, including sexual assault, attempted sexual assault and other acts of indecency. The court heard that the man and the nine-year-old girl had been watching a movie together on August 31, 2011, when the child asked him what "going to come" meant, after hearing it in the film. Mr Refshauge told the court the man then exposed his genitals to the girl and explained how a man reached an orgasm, apparently as a sexual education lesson. He was also sentenced for buyinga gold vibrator from a sex shop in Hume on July 28, 2012, and giving it to the then 10-year-old girl as a present. The court heard the girl gave the sex toy back to the man, saying she didn't need it, and that he kept it in his bedside drawer in case she wanted it later. Under cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Shane Drumgold, the man said he bought the sex toy "to coax her to go and talk to her mum", after the girl allegedly asked him questions about porn videos and a vibrator that belonged to her sister. He was also sentenced for showing the girl pornographic material on his laptop while she was sitting on his lap in the house on August 11, 2012. During the trial he admitted he possessed adult pornography but said he had never forced the girl to watch it with him. The court also heard a conversation the girl had recorded covertly on her mobile phone. When she asked the man about their relationship, he said he was worried the girl was upset because he was "cheating" on her with her mother. The court heard the girl wanted to use the conversation to confront the man and expose him, but she was worried the recording wasn't believable enough. Mr Refshauge said the incidents occurred while the man was alone with the child in her house and that he was in a position of trust. He said the man lacked adequate insight into the seriousness of his behaviour with the young girl and deterrence was therefore required. In addition to the suspended prison sentence he was also placed on a three-year good-behaviour order and directed to complete 100 hours of community service within 12 months. He will be required to complete the ACT Corrective Services' sex offender program if accepted.