The amount is tokenistic and would not have caused dissent held by a school for teaching purposes. He is a good person and this is a stupid application of the law to no benefit.

Since it was imported through postal services and identified there were heaps of opportunities to avoid this.

This is the least worst outcome having had charges brought but it was an overreaction to bring charges.

He did something stupid and nobody got hurt. The law needs to be relatively forgiving in these circumstances. A culture that punishes people that we don't know harshly for mistakes is not a good society.

The amount was so small it couldn't be used to cause harm

Looks like he lost his job though?