>In chats with Alex Williams, who was later convicted of distributing child sex abuse images, Edwards was asked if he wanted sexual images of a person whose “age could be discerned as being between 14 and 16,” and Edwards replied, “yes xxx,” prosecutor Ian Hope said.
Haute510 on
This nasty pervert needs to be in jail.
EquivalentAcadia9558 on
His real sentence is that he will never be employed again, never know peace, and always be worried looking over his shoulder til the end of his life.
siredmundsnaillary on
In the UK magistrates have very little discretion when it comes to sentencing. They have to follow the guidelines. In this case, the sentencing remarks were written by the chief magistrate himself, so the court is not fucking around and has followed the law to the letter.
In order to jail someone for this type of crime we either need a change in the sentencing guidelines, or we need to return discretionary sentencing powers to magistrates (~~which were taken away by the last Conservative government~~ which have been reduced, but not by the last Conservative government).
Edited because I was confidently wrong.
barnfodder on
I wonder if he’s getting kid glove treatment because he’s famous, because he’s wealthy, or because he’s a legitimate suicide risk.
I would suspect that most people convicted of such crimes in a big public way are suicide risks, but I doubt any ordinary pleb would get such a light sentence in the same circumstances.
Edit: I’ve since read the sentencing report and the sentence makes much more sense now.
BubsyFanboy on
*Suspended* sentence?
AnusPicsPlease on
“Anchor”?
_Connor on
BTW the UK also just jailed someone for 38 months for making Facebook posts about the protests a couple months ago.
But into CP? Ahh that’s not too bad, no jail time for you!
protopigeon on
6 months suspended sentence is bullshit when climate activists get 5 years for simply planning a protest. make it make sense
Don_Vicente on
Eco-protestors who PLANNED to disrupt traffic got sentenced to 5 years. Make that make sense.
GiftFromGlob on
Uh oh, be careful, they might make him a Royal with those kinds of qualifications.
LupusDeusMagnus on
Famous people should have their devices checked periodically.
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Weak sauce, UK. Send this asshole to jail.
>In chats with Alex Williams, who was later convicted of distributing child sex abuse images, Edwards was asked if he wanted sexual images of a person whose “age could be discerned as being between 14 and 16,” and Edwards replied, “yes xxx,” prosecutor Ian Hope said.
This nasty pervert needs to be in jail.
His real sentence is that he will never be employed again, never know peace, and always be worried looking over his shoulder til the end of his life.
In the UK magistrates have very little discretion when it comes to sentencing. They have to follow the guidelines. In this case, the sentencing remarks were written by the chief magistrate himself, so the court is not fucking around and has followed the law to the letter.
In order to jail someone for this type of crime we either need a change in the sentencing guidelines, or we need to return discretionary sentencing powers to magistrates (~~which were taken away by the last Conservative government~~ which have been reduced, but not by the last Conservative government).
Edited because I was confidently wrong.
I wonder if he’s getting kid glove treatment because he’s famous, because he’s wealthy, or because he’s a legitimate suicide risk.
I would suspect that most people convicted of such crimes in a big public way are suicide risks, but I doubt any ordinary pleb would get such a light sentence in the same circumstances.
Edit: I’ve since read the sentencing report and the sentence makes much more sense now.
*Suspended* sentence?
“Anchor”?
BTW the UK also just jailed someone for 38 months for making Facebook posts about the protests a couple months ago.
But into CP? Ahh that’s not too bad, no jail time for you!
6 months suspended sentence is bullshit when climate activists get 5 years for simply planning a protest. make it make sense
Eco-protestors who PLANNED to disrupt traffic got sentenced to 5 years. Make that make sense.
Uh oh, be careful, they might make him a Royal with those kinds of qualifications.
Famous people should have their devices checked periodically.