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If Hi, I’m a parent of a teenage son who is currently under investigation for online image offences. There was no contact behaviour, but there was repeated viewing over a period of time.
We are extremely worried about possible outcomes and how this could affect his future. He has shown remorse and the behaviour has stopped completely.
We’re trying to understand what typical outcomes look like in youth cases like this — particularly where there is no contact or distribution.
If any other parents have been through something similar, we would really appreciate hearing what happened and how things turned out long term.
We are especially anxious about court, publicity, and how it might impact education and employment later on.
Thank you in advance.
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We are extremely worried about possible outcomes and how this could affect his future. He has shown remorse and the behaviour has stopped completely.
We’re trying to understand what typical outcomes look like in youth cases like this — particularly where there is no contact or distribution.
If any other parents have been through something similar, we would really appreciate hearing what happened and how things turned out long term.
We are especially anxious about court, publicity, and how it might impact education and employment later on.
Thank you in advance.
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Hello and I'm sorry you find yourself here. I bet you'd rather be anywhere else but hope we can help.
No personal stories to impart as our son was very much over 18, but I do know about restrictions for youth court as I volunteer at our local courts. If there is a Youth Court in session we can't go into the courtroom (I support witnesses across all courts both mags and crown but if it's a youth trial I can't go into the room to speak to the usher, for example.) Likewise there are reporting restrictions unless they are waived and you sometimes see this in the News when it's for an especially heinous case like a vicious murder or a terrorist crime so only the worst and only if the judge decides it's in the public interest to revoke the normal restrictions.
Hope that reassures you a bit - the main problem is if your son turns 18 before his case comes to court, if it does of course, as he will be treated as his current age and not the age he was when he offended. With such long delays at the moment this has become more possible and in those cases it would depend on the judge or magistrates understanding the unfairness of that - after all, the delay is no fault of the now 18 year old. That is where a good defence barrister can help, citing the age at the time of the offence as a mitigating factor.
I guess this is both good news and bad news depending on your son's age and it does feel very unfair if he turns 18 before things are concluded.
I know there are quite a few parents of under 18s who post on here so I'm sure some will reply with more personal stories soon.
No personal stories to impart as our son was very much over 18, but I do know about restrictions for youth court as I volunteer at our local courts. If there is a Youth Court in session we can't go into the courtroom (I support witnesses across all courts both mags and crown but if it's a youth trial I can't go into the room to speak to the usher, for example.) Likewise there are reporting restrictions unless they are waived and you sometimes see this in the News when it's for an especially heinous case like a vicious murder or a terrorist crime so only the worst and only if the judge decides it's in the public interest to revoke the normal restrictions.
Hope that reassures you a bit - the main problem is if your son turns 18 before his case comes to court, if it does of course, as he will be treated as his current age and not the age he was when he offended. With such long delays at the moment this has become more possible and in those cases it would depend on the judge or magistrates understanding the unfairness of that - after all, the delay is no fault of the now 18 year old. That is where a good defence barrister can help, citing the age at the time of the offence as a mitigating factor.
I guess this is both good news and bad news depending on your son's age and it does feel very unfair if he turns 18 before things are concluded.
I know there are quite a few parents of under 18s who post on here so I'm sure some will reply with more personal stories soon.
Thank you, I just hope it can be resolved quickly I was wondering how long does it take from charge to court, I just really hope it is all resolved within a year as he is turning 17 next month. My husband passed away 3 years ago now and this has impacted us both alot I hope they can take that into account, but the police are ruthless
Hi, I've just replied on the youth outcomes thread x
Very similar situation but our son was just 18 when it came to light so we're in the adult system unfortunately and don't know much about the youth system. I can sympathise with the worries and uncertainty. From what I gather things should be resolved out of court for your son if there aren't big delays. Definitely a big backlog in the adult system meaning delays but I would hope they move quicker in the youth system.