Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making indecent images of children

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• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  According to the article he was sent the images by another man, he repeatedly asked the man not to send underage images, and he didn’t keep the images or forward them. He was charged with making indecent images of children and pleaded guilty. Does this mean that anyone who is sent such images can be legally guilty of this, even if they don’t request or want the images and delete them right away? Could malicious parties use this to get anyone they choose into trouble by sending them images? Or are there other considerations that go into making such a charge?

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  • TedZanzibar@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    According to the Crown Prosecution Service, making indecent images can have a wide definition in the law and can include receiving them via social media.

    Edwards’s barrister Philip Evans KC told the court: “There’s no suggestion in this case that Mr Edwards has… in the traditional sense of the word, created any image of any sort.”

    I suppose the facts that he a) retained some of the images, b) didn’t report having received them and c) continued talking to the man has some bearing on his charges.

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  • hellothere@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, and yes.

    It’s a very silly aspect of the law, which made sense before digital distribution (e.g making photocopies) but needs amending now.

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  • wtfrank@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Has anyone heard what’s happened to the guy who sent the images? This presumably is the greater crime but there has been silence in the coverage I’ve seen

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  • Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s nice and all but did he report it to the police? CP is mandatory report by iirc every person in the eu and UK itself.

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I know this stuff is bad and he should feel the weight of the law, but I cannot help but feel sorry for the man. It seemed he had some form of mental thing go down in 2020-2021, possibly a porn addiction or some sort. And it’s completely screwed over his reputation and career.

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  • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s very difficult to express sympathy in cases like this.
    For every person suggesting how the systems could have helped him avoid this situation, or treat the issues, there are 100 facebook groups ready to hang the pediatricians.
    Which means that people with similar issues who genuinely could be helped don’t step forward, because they know it’ll be tar and feathers. So they spiral until they’re far far worse, and eventually get caught.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That article is both hilarious and awful at the same time. You are right though, who in their right mind would admit to having an issue. Although I think the difference here is that Huw Edwards never meant to actually view child porn, he even asked the guy not to send him any.

      Back to the topic though - is it possible to cure paedophilia? I thought it wasn’t yet known how one could change somebody’s sexual attraction to things/people

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• Mex@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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