I am a regular who has namechanged for this because it's such an upsetting issue and because it is not yet in the public domain.
Someone I am acquainted with, and with whom I have some voluntary work-related links, has been caught with category 4 indecent images of children on his PC . He has admitted the offence and has been bailed a couple of times. He had, of course, a clean enhanced disclosure CRB record up until now.
It has come as a huge shock to everyone who knows him.
Is he likely to be sent to prison for this offence? Will the fact that he has admitted guilt affect this likelihood?
While I am thankful that none of the children/young people I know have been directly affected by his actions, and I feel very sorry for the impact his crimes will have on his own devastated family, I am hoping that he will get full and appropriate punishment for what he has done and the young lives elsewhere his actions have ruined.
I could do with some advice from anyone who knows whether this sort of first admitted offence will lead to a prison term, I certainly hope so.
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TotnesBickeringFair · 03/10/2011 12:28
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