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Husband finally went to magistrates today, solicitor only recieved the evidence report that morning and after a chat before going into the court he suggested that my husband pleas not guilty, all of the photos/videos(in the thousands the police stopped counting) were found on an old laptop that was passed down to my husband when we moved out (was just chucked in spare room never accessed or even acknowledged it all this time and my husband can't remember who it could have belonged to previously, his mum found it in a spare room and handed it to my husband assuming it was his and he just chucked it in spare room to sort at a later date).
As my husband has no idea who this belonged to originally he has decided that there may be a fight here but the question is what can he do to reassure the courts that this was not his doing? These were dated back in 2016 before we ever moved out and my husband admits to borrowing devices to friends so he is also frightened it could be his personal laptop (they confiscated 2 and he knew one was his but he never used it!)
At a loss and apprently a trial can take up to a year :( success stories and advice is really needed right now, sadly this has ended in his possession and how can this be disproven....his solicitor seems to think there's ways but until he gets a more in depth report of exactly how may times it's been views, IP address etc he can't give my husband a good idea of his chances.
we just want our husband/dad home :( social services won't get off our back we're interrogated on a daily basis we're running out of fight....but if someone is innocent he should be allowed to fight
would he not be allowed home until after sentencing? I'm currently doing capacity to protect assessment and that even has me on eggshells as I really want to supervise my son I'd protect him with my life but so afraid of slipping up as they twist my words :(
reassurance needed right now! :(
also there was 6 messages linked to my husbands phone at the time, but these were chat bot messages....clearly spam messages for example "click here for sexy nude pics" and stuff like that....clearly not intentional
think he's just cursed
As my husband has no idea who this belonged to originally he has decided that there may be a fight here but the question is what can he do to reassure the courts that this was not his doing? These were dated back in 2016 before we ever moved out and my husband admits to borrowing devices to friends so he is also frightened it could be his personal laptop (they confiscated 2 and he knew one was his but he never used it!)
At a loss and apprently a trial can take up to a year :( success stories and advice is really needed right now, sadly this has ended in his possession and how can this be disproven....his solicitor seems to think there's ways but until he gets a more in depth report of exactly how may times it's been views, IP address etc he can't give my husband a good idea of his chances.
we just want our husband/dad home :( social services won't get off our back we're interrogated on a daily basis we're running out of fight....but if someone is innocent he should be allowed to fight
would he not be allowed home until after sentencing? I'm currently doing capacity to protect assessment and that even has me on eggshells as I really want to supervise my son I'd protect him with my life but so afraid of slipping up as they twist my words :(
reassurance needed right now! :(
also there was 6 messages linked to my husbands phone at the time, but these were chat bot messages....clearly spam messages for example "click here for sexy nude pics" and stuff like that....clearly not intentional
think he's just cursed
Hello, I'm so sorry to hear your story, it's an absolutely awful position to be put in. Sending you hugs and strength.
We have a success story at trial that I wanted to share with you. My husband was charged with the 'making of' which means downloading the pictures. He swore that he never saw them. Based on this, plus evidence that supported this, we went to trial. We had to wait a full year, I'm not going to lie it was hell with social services and media exposure, but we knew it was the right thing to do as there were no searches, no intent, no evidence that he had even opened them.
We went into trial hoping for the correct outcome, but also knowing that it might go the other way, depending on the jury and the judge. We know we had to take whatever pain was coming our way as he couldn't say guilty to something he hadn't done. The judge dismissed it before they even got to the jury verdict as she said there was clearly no intent here, there was no viewing of and it was evident that the pictures had come from a source he was completely unaware of. She acquitted hin of all charges.
It definitely is worth a fight if he's innocent. Even if it goes the other way, at least he can always stand by the fact that he hasn't done it. Also social services went out ot our lives, after 11 months, before we eveh got to trial. It is possible.
Stay strong. Take care x
We have a success story at trial that I wanted to share with you. My husband was charged with the 'making of' which means downloading the pictures. He swore that he never saw them. Based on this, plus evidence that supported this, we went to trial. We had to wait a full year, I'm not going to lie it was hell with social services and media exposure, but we knew it was the right thing to do as there were no searches, no intent, no evidence that he had even opened them.
We went into trial hoping for the correct outcome, but also knowing that it might go the other way, depending on the jury and the judge. We know we had to take whatever pain was coming our way as he couldn't say guilty to something he hadn't done. The judge dismissed it before they even got to the jury verdict as she said there was clearly no intent here, there was no viewing of and it was evident that the pictures had come from a source he was completely unaware of. She acquitted hin of all charges.
It definitely is worth a fight if he's innocent. Even if it goes the other way, at least he can always stand by the fact that he hasn't done it. Also social services went out ot our lives, after 11 months, before we eveh got to trial. It is possible.
Stay strong. Take care x
Thankyou so much for your reply
this story is very much similar to ours! The solicitor seems to think there's a chance this can come to and end, he swears on the life of me and our child he has no interest in such things and I can see it destroying him it's heartbreaking....
The solicitor said the next step will be to get a report of exactly how the pictures were downloaded, how long viewed, proof of intent and shared access to the laptop etc, he nearly gave in and went guilty thinking it was just an easy escape...but when he heard the age ranges on the images/videos he realised he needs to fight, he was absolutely mortified, yes it will be hard, as currently I cannot even supervise (I hope they will allow this soon but so nervous of messing up my protect assessment as I'm not the best with words!). But at least this way we can live a bit more of a "normal" life but they want me to prove I can protect my son which I can, but it's them hearing me say what they want to hear...which I'm not entirely sure what that is :/ nothing ever seeems enough sadly. I'm 2 sessions in out of approximately 6 I'm trying to be knowledgable as I can be
we don't even know what it's like to be together just the 3 of us it's soul destroying !
I will continue to hope for the best yet expect the worse.
this story is very much similar to ours! The solicitor seems to think there's a chance this can come to and end, he swears on the life of me and our child he has no interest in such things and I can see it destroying him it's heartbreaking....
The solicitor said the next step will be to get a report of exactly how the pictures were downloaded, how long viewed, proof of intent and shared access to the laptop etc, he nearly gave in and went guilty thinking it was just an easy escape...but when he heard the age ranges on the images/videos he realised he needs to fight, he was absolutely mortified, yes it will be hard, as currently I cannot even supervise (I hope they will allow this soon but so nervous of messing up my protect assessment as I'm not the best with words!). But at least this way we can live a bit more of a "normal" life but they want me to prove I can protect my son which I can, but it's them hearing me say what they want to hear...which I'm not entirely sure what that is :/ nothing ever seeems enough sadly. I'm 2 sessions in out of approximately 6 I'm trying to be knowledgable as I can be
we don't even know what it's like to be together just the 3 of us it's soul destroying !
I will continue to hope for the best yet expect the worse.