County Wexford man who County Wexford man who became fascinated with child abuse images is given suspended sentence – Independent.ie

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  1. So just to be clear, this judge says it’s basically fine to look at child porn if you’re sad?

    Great message to send out. No punishment, just don’t do it again. Wink emoji.

  2. The thing is, even changing the language from child porn to images of child abuse doesn’t seem to have the hoped-for effect, that people would understand that it’s not just pictures from someone’s imagination – small children are abused to create those images. While there is the argument that when violent images of adults are viewed, the adults are paid/consent in some form (not always true and very self serving justification, to my mind), even that partial defence cannot be made for these images.

    Accessing this kind of material should be an absolute custodial sentence. As a society, this is something we’ve got to take seriously and be seen to take seriously.

  3. Subhuman scum. I hope this follows him for the rest of his life. I went to school with one of these beasts, 1200 odd images, another suspended sentence. I made sure that everyone for miles around knew what he had done and when he moved I made it my business to inform his new neighbours.

  4. You dont become “fascinated” with child abuse images..

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    You become a cunt.

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    These people should be tried as if they took the pictures.

    Participation at any level should be considered with the utmost prejudice.

  5. >An order for destruction of the computer was granted by the judge.

    I found that a slightly unusual element. Is it not sufficient to wipe the hard drive? Seems a little unnecessary to destroy the physical hardware.

  6. >On a scale of one to five, 33 videos and seven images in the collection he amassed were assessed at four, according to the prosecution. The fifth category is reserved for bestiality and similar aberrations.

    How does someone actually do that? Sit down and go through that type of stuff? Yeah I know they’re doing it to get prosecutions and not for pleasure, but jesus it must take a toll on those police.

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