Roger Spackman - Former Exeter councillor sentenced for child abuse images

[MondayYogurt]

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BBC story here www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-53577809

Image of Roger Spackman found via twitter.

I feel that this is an unduly lenient sentence. If you agree please follow this link and lodge a request. Time is important, it has to be within 28 days of sentencing.

www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

Attorney General’s Office
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7271 2492

•	name of the person who got the sentence
•	date the sentence was given
•	court where the case was held
•	crime committed

Roger Spackman
28 July
Exeter Crown Court
Possessing and making indecent images

"Pretended to be an abused young girl".

Wtaf.

Done.

The number isn't working for me. Have just googled but can't find it anywhere.
This is being overlooked by the majority of this website, which is leaving me incredulous.
Just utterly utterly disgusting.

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This is the correct number, hopefully more people will put a call through to them.
020 7271 2492

@RhapsodyandAshe

The number isn't working for me. Have just googled but can't find it anywhere. This is being overlooked by the majority of this website, which is leaving me incredulous. Just utterly utterly disgusting.

Thanks. The fact that he worked in a secure children's home and in youth services for so many years really worries me. If this story got more coverage then perhaps any potential victims (not saying there are) would feel they could speak up.

A custodial sentence should be in place.

Attorney General’s Office
Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 020 7271 2492
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

Sent an email. It's completely horrific.

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i think he's really milked the abuse angle hasnt he, can believe how pathetic that sentence is.

From the Daily Star (not my newspaper of choice but needs must) -

'The Labour councillor had a 12-year career in Devon's child protection services.

In 1988, he began working at Intervention Services for Devon Count Council at a secure children's home, occasionally working at other units.

Before this, he was involved in the creation of Riverside Youth Cafe in Dawlish.

From September 2001, he worked full-time at a Secure Children's Home until his role was axed in redundancies in February 2010.'

Thanks for posting this thread, MondayYogurt.

It seems an astonishingly light sentence - suspended, too. His background in children's services makes the crime even more heinous.

What else was said in court? I ask this, because it is always problematic to assess sentences when we may not know the full facts in a hearing that may have lasted some time.

I see from other accounts he pleaded guilty, which would have helped him. The judge commended him for his public service on the council - but this is not at all uncommon in this sort of case, as it is a way of gaining respectability and hiding the crimes.

Gawd unbelievable.

Will email