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Rainbow

Member since
January 2019

282 posts

Posted Tue August 13, 2019 9:10amReport post

Hi just thought I would create a post of those whose partners have been convicted of viewing images. Theres lots of lovely ladies out there who are going through similar situations and are still waiting but I would like to connect with those that have gone through the sentencing etc for viewing images. X

Tracey

Member since
December 2018

450 posts

Posted Tue August 13, 2019 5:52pmReport post

Hi Rainbow

My husband was convicted and has been through the court system, he was sentenced back in March this year and got a custodial sentence!!

Xx

mvr69

Member since
June 2019

9 posts

Posted Tue August 13, 2019 8:04pmReport post

Mine was sentenced last september.

Mumof2

Member since
December 2018

21 posts

Posted Tue August 13, 2019 11:02pmReport post

Hi Rainbow,

My ex and father of my children was sentenced in January this year. He was under investigation from November 2017, charged and remanded in November 2018 so a long process for us!

He was given a custodial sentence of 18 months, but is due out at the end of this month.. 10 months in total! Not long enough if you ask me though!

Hope you're doing ok xx

Rainbow

Member since
January 2019

282 posts

Posted Wed August 14, 2019 10:02amReport post

Hi

Nice to hear from you (not for the right reasons I know) but it helps to know we are not going through this alone. X

Rainbow

Member since
January 2019

282 posts

Posted Wed September 11, 2019 6:38pmReport post

Just bumping this up

Izzy

Member since
July 2019

91 posts

Posted Wed September 11, 2019 7:12pmReport post

Hi All

So glad this subject has been raised. As someone still in limbo (got the knock just under 7 months ago) I am really confused as to how the courts arrive at the sentences that are handed down. As my husband has told me absolutely nothing about what he did on line (says he can't remember) I really don't know what sort of sentence he is facing or what the rest of the family will have to cope with!

Sorry for the moan..........but everything is moving at a snail's pace and what lies at he end of it!

Stitch

Member since
August 2019

15 posts

Posted Wed September 11, 2019 7:34pmReport post

Hi all. I’m separated from my husband. The knock came in July 2018. He was convicted after pleading guilty to possession across all three categories with the bulk category C but numbers in the thousands. Sentencing will be on the 20th of this month. It’s been a very long and stressful 14 months.

Rainbow

Member since
January 2019

282 posts

Posted Wed September 11, 2019 9:58pmReport post

Hi there. Sorry to hear you are in a similar situation. Unfortunately the waiting is awful and takes a long time. Although I'm over the waiting it's still not great having the conviction hanging over us. I do feel better than I used to but i still have low days where i just hate my life and what's happened. Unfortunately no one can say what what the sentence will be as it looks like different areas are different. My husband only had a handful of images that weren't even saved and cps didn't know which sites they were from yet he was still found guilty. I understand yes he did view them and it's wrong etc yet I cant get over the fact that the cps didn't have strong evidence. No evidence of searches or illegal sites. I'm just still struggling to come to terms with it. I guess on the plus side he got a community order but it's still changed our lives forever x

SallyBlue

Member since
March 2019

252 posts

Posted Thu September 12, 2019 2:11amReport post

Hi Izzy, we are 4.5 years post knock so I feel your pain of limbo. It is the most difficult part as you cant plan anything. Everything seems to revolve around sentencing. I wish I could tell you what to expect but everywhere is different. Had we lived 30 miles away my husband wouldn't have got a custodial sentence, had the judge been different he probably wouldn't have got a custodial sentence. It depends on your area and judge. Our area had the guideline sentence from a fine to life in prison. Not exactly a small window. He recieved 9 months (6 for guilty plea, served 3 and was released on a 3 years and 3 months licence), life on the register and a fine. You can find out an estimate of the sentence from the helpline. Unfortunately if he wint tell you what he was looking at you wont know much. It's a long wait x

WorriedMum

Member since
July 2019

37 posts

Posted Thu September 12, 2019 1:25pmReport post

SallyBlue, how much was your husband's fine please? Do they calculate it based on income/savings? I hadn't thought about the possible need to save up for this..

SallyBlue

Member since
March 2019

252 posts

Posted Thu September 12, 2019 9:53pmReport post

Worried mum, his fine was £200 but this is where it gets confusing. As he was in prison he didnt have the funds to pay it. So instead of paying he got an extra week onto his sentence. I could have paid it to get him out a week earlier but I chose not to. I didnt have the extra cash, I could have scraped it together but I didnt.