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Lonelyaround5555

Member since
August 2024

36 posts

I have read cases where Inaccessible videos are found.

Can anyone explain in detail where they are found or how. Compared to images. Are they playable?

What would be a likely charge for inaccessible or deleted items but not on the phone accessible to the user?



I see a lot about images on here. But on a lot of court case reporting some day inaccessible videos. Thanks x

Posted Sun March 30, 2025 1:56pmReport post

Inturmoil1974

Member since
November 2022

352 posts

My oh deleted the file immediately when he seen It but it was still in a cache folder which is only accessible by expert software, he was still charged as he didn't report with downloading by accident in the first place

Posted Sun March 30, 2025 4:36pmReport post

Lost in the dark

Member since
November 2024

58 posts

Hi, images and what is classed as moving images were recovered from my persons phone. All deleted and recovered by the police forensics. Listed as downloaded/made. Those that were not deleted he was charged as being in possession of.

xx

Posted Sun March 30, 2025 7:58pm
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edel2020

Member since
March 2022

488 posts

With videos, a lot will depend on how much of it has been downloaded and how much is overwritten. A video in the cache is normally viewable, provided the initial part has been downloaded, because that first bit is what identifies it as a video.

Once a video has been deleted from the cache though, that is where is can be overwritten and again which bits are overwritten, determines if it is still playable or not.

If the video can be played, either in whole, or in part, then the police can see what it contains and they could prosecute.

But in practice, they appear to treat anything deleted from the cache as inaccessible, usually because only bits of it are left, not the whole thing. They are reluctant to prosecute inaccessible files, because those files are often missing key bits of information, like the date it was originally downloaded.

https://www.keithborer.co.uk/news/indecent-images-of-children-cashing-in-on-the-cache/

Posted Mon March 31, 2025 11:30amReport post

Lonelyaround5555

Member since
August 2024

36 posts

Thank you very much for the information xx

Posted Mon March 31, 2025 1:58pmReport post

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