Prison Term

[mummybunny6]

Someone I met not so long ago say got sentenced to 2 months in prison for accessing a pay per view internet porn site in America (from the UK) looking at young girls who were 16 yrs old and over. Apparently, even though the age of consent is 16, the person has to be 18 or older to appear on these kind of sites & if they're not, what you're doing is illegal. I haven't got a clue about any of this, but alarm bells are ringing. Should I be worried? This incident took place surposedly 7 years ago.
Thanks in advance

[sara3]

you're dating someone who was sent to prison for accessing child porn?

should you be worried? what do you think?

[Hopkirk]

If that is his story I don't believe it.

I do not believe that in this country a prison sentence would be given for someone looking at 16 year olds

[Davethedog]

Its not true - he did something worse 1) If your paying for any internet site there are terms and conditions 2) He cannot be held responsible if the age is wrong. 3) He knew what he was watching. 4) My"limited" understanding of this is you go to prison for downloading, not watching. i.e it has too be on your hard drive.

I think you are right to have the alarms ringing.

[naomi24]

With or without kids I'd steer well clear. Sounds like a creep to me.

[jake-the-peg]

This sounds improbable although not impossible

The US has some quite tight regulations about this sort of thing even 7 years ago this was the case. I'd think you probably have to go some way out of your way to find US websites containing this sort of material.

The question then arises how he'd know that the model was over 16 and not 18 unless the US authorities were involved in raiding the site.

This is a perfect example of the sort of case that the so called 'Sarah's law' was rolled out for.

http://www.independen...lled-out-2040992.html

I would check with police if I were you.

Interesting that he's told you specifically that it was 7 years ago. - a prison sentence for less than 6 months requires 7 years notification on the sex offenders register.

Also If you google sentence indecent images you'll see that these days (although not necessarilly 7 years ago) this offence does not normally attract a custodial sentence on it's own - especially if you believe the mitigating cirumstances.

All in all I'd say there are a few details of this story that sound odd and whilst that could just be because of the passage of time, I'd not accept the story at face value if I were you

[Nosha123]

as jake-the-peg states - there are some facts he is omitting to tell you - steer well clear if I was you - alarm bells already ringing and it seems like thats only based on some of the minor details!!

[Davethedog]

Jake - a question if I may. Would he be imprisoned here or indeed charged here if it was a US site?

[jake-the-peg]

He'd be breaking a law in the UK by being in possession of the material in the UK (on his hard disk)

He might be committing an offence abroad too (as you would be if you hacked a US comuter) but in a case like this the UK authorities would take action

[Buenchico]

The Protection of Children Act 1978, as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 2003, makes it a criminal offence to make indecent images of a child under 16. (In a slightly odd court ruling, it was determined that downloading such an image constitutes 'making' it, which is a more serious offence than simply 'possessing' it).

The original (1978) Act made no reference to indecent images of 16 or 17 year old minors. However Section 45 of the 2003 Act included such young people within the definitions of the Act, subject to exclusions relating to the creation of images by people who are married or living together as if they were married:
http://www.statutelaw...820963&filesize=14160

Chris

[laurababy]

Trust me hes a perv.