Guilty or not guilty?
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Im sure our people dont use the brains they were born with. It seems crazy to potentially mess your whole life up for something like this. 1 or 2 images although still bad is nothing compared to some cases I have read where like you say there are thousands of images.
Personally if it was my partner id tell him to plead not guilty if they have no other evidence on him, it would likey be NFA or throw out by a judge.
How long were you waiting to have devices examined?
Personally if it was my partner id tell him to plead not guilty if they have no other evidence on him, it would likey be NFA or throw out by a judge.
How long were you waiting to have devices examined?
Hi,we are going through the same,it's my son that the police turned up for, they have not said what image they are looking for just it was flagged on his ip address. They looked at his phone and said it was clean but it has been sent to forensics.
My son told us that it was an image of a 15/16 year old in a bikini that another adult had sent him on Twitter last March.
Did the police find the images or was it sent for forensics?
Hope it comes back nfa for you .
Xx
My son told us that it was an image of a 15/16 year old in a bikini that another adult had sent him on Twitter last March.
Did the police find the images or was it sent for forensics?
Hope it comes back nfa for you .
Xx
I'm really suprised that such images are classed as Cat C IIOC, i'll bet I could go onto a clothing website and be presented with dozens of similar images
That's what I thought as well,but apparently it is an offence as they are under 18, I also read that it depends if it is a sexual pose, according to my son she was just standing,no sexy pose!! Time will tell I suppose with what forensics find,if anything.
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Hey, first is to say that everyone's situation is different, so only you can decide what is truly right for you. You (your person) need to be completely at peace with your decision, ao tbat whatever way it goes you know you couldnt have changed anything.
A couple of things to consider though. My person was acquitted at trial in February this year, after two years of him being accused of looking at IIOC. True, the police took it to trial and we didn't know what was going to happen, justice prevailed inthe end, the truth was heard (he didn't know they were there, forensics showed that he had never clicked on or searched for them, it had all come from a website used from streaming football, saved into his cache, which he couldnt access!!).
Time and time again we were scared that it could go the wrong way, that the truth couldnt be proved and he would face a longer sentence. However. We knew we had to take this risk as we had to stay true to ourselves. He knew he hadnt seen any of the pictures so why should he have to plead guilty to it? Whatever happened, he knew that he could stay true to himself, plus defend himself when it all came out. He couldnt have done that if he had already pleaded guilty.
I learnt a lot about trial. In our case, the judge never gave the jury a chance to have a say, she threw it out of court before it even got to them! Also, there was one Cat C, similar to what you have described. Again my partner plead not guilty, the CPD then decided that the public interest involved didnt outweigh the wait and cost of having a trial, ao they dropped that charge themselves!!
It really does feel like one big game of chance. That they cling on to you and you have to play ths right moves just to be abls to prove your innocence. Its disgusting. My person is now leading a normal life with no restrictions and hd stayed true to himself, after two years of hell.
I know that some of this will not be relevant to your person, but I hope it helps you to see that thingd aren't straightforward, sometimes it can feel like a game of chance and the only right thing to do is what you (your person) feels truly best for them. Best for them when both options are scary and dreadful!
Take care, we are all here for you! X
A couple of things to consider though. My person was acquitted at trial in February this year, after two years of him being accused of looking at IIOC. True, the police took it to trial and we didn't know what was going to happen, justice prevailed inthe end, the truth was heard (he didn't know they were there, forensics showed that he had never clicked on or searched for them, it had all come from a website used from streaming football, saved into his cache, which he couldnt access!!).
Time and time again we were scared that it could go the wrong way, that the truth couldnt be proved and he would face a longer sentence. However. We knew we had to take this risk as we had to stay true to ourselves. He knew he hadnt seen any of the pictures so why should he have to plead guilty to it? Whatever happened, he knew that he could stay true to himself, plus defend himself when it all came out. He couldnt have done that if he had already pleaded guilty.
I learnt a lot about trial. In our case, the judge never gave the jury a chance to have a say, she threw it out of court before it even got to them! Also, there was one Cat C, similar to what you have described. Again my partner plead not guilty, the CPD then decided that the public interest involved didnt outweigh the wait and cost of having a trial, ao they dropped that charge themselves!!
It really does feel like one big game of chance. That they cling on to you and you have to play ths right moves just to be abls to prove your innocence. Its disgusting. My person is now leading a normal life with no restrictions and hd stayed true to himself, after two years of hell.
I know that some of this will not be relevant to your person, but I hope it helps you to see that thingd aren't straightforward, sometimes it can feel like a game of chance and the only right thing to do is what you (your person) feels truly best for them. Best for them when both options are scary and dreadful!
Take care, we are all here for you! X
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We went to trial with a not guilty as he never searched for it clicked on a link in kik never revisited the pics came off kik immediately, but the 5 images were there and he didn't report to the police so was found guilty, he was given 1 year on register, community payback and no shpo, we had paid for a cyber expert to prove all this and was a witness but it all came down to not reporting what he had clicked on.
Hi inturmoil do you know what categories the images in his case were classified as? Were they also cat C or were they A/B? Just wondering sorry your person received that sentencing.