Donate SIGN UP

2000 Indecent Images And Given Probation, Did He Get Off Lightly?

Avatar Image
sandyRoe | 22:43 Mon 01st Jul 2013 | News
8 Answers
What were the sentencing options available to the judge?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23136711
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 8 of 8rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by sandyRoe. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
I think the fact the images were mainly of a lower level of offence and he hadn't viewed them for several years would have been mitigating factors. I think he got off lightly, but then I would jail everyone who deliberately viewed child abuse images if I were a judge.
Thankfully I am not.
not relating to this specifically, do these people not realise that by downloading, they are creating a market for this vile perversion
Rosetta - clearly they 'want' a market for their perversions.
He deleted them in 2008 and had not attempted to look at them since then; he admitted the offences straight away; fined £2000; he must undertake a series of programmes; 3 years' probation; computers destroyed; no contact with any child under 18 for 8 years without supervision; must allow police to access any of his computers at any time.

Bit more than just 'probation', don't you think?
Of the 2000+ images he downloaded, only 17 were indecent and it was those that were the basis of his prosecution. He was also fined £2000 for pocessing level 4 images (not inecent ones).

He seems to have tried to delete them. He did not store them, re-look at them, distribute them or go to those sites again. So I do not think he is a monster. He made a mistake and the sentence is about right.
level four - well that sounz pretty awful

is level one - - - eek ! or is it - grainy photo of kiddie-pops tv prog from twnety years ago ( a tee vee prog heavily criticised at the time for sexualising kiddies) ?

and there is summit called a copine scale which says
level 4 : Deliberately posed pictures of children fully clothed, partially clothed or naked (where the amount, context and organization suggests sexual interest).

so I think the sentence may be just
Question Author
And I suppose he'll lose the respect of his charges. The prisoners he oversees will never view him in the same light again
seems strange he was under surveillance being as he'd not viewed any of the images since 2008?

1 to 8 of 8rss feed

Do you know the answer?

2000 Indecent Images And Given Probation, Did He Get Off Lightly?

Answer Question >>

Related Questions

Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.